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Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/anglais/inglés  
 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
EUROPEAN UNION 
This document reproduces the text1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2246/2002 of 
16 December 2002 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) in respect of the regi stration of Community designs, as amended by 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2007 of 24 July 2007, as notified by the European Union on 
20 March 2013 under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/1/EU/1).  
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À 
LA PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
UNION EUROPÉENNE  
Le présent document contient le texte1 du Règlement (CE) nº 2246/2002 de la Commission du 
16 décembre 2002 concernant les taxes à payer à l'Office de l'harmonisation dans le marché 
intérieur (marques, dessins et modèles) au titre de l'enregistrement de dessins ou modèles communautaires, modifié par le Règlement (CE) n° 877/2007 de la Commission du 24 juillet 2007, 
notifié par l'Union européenne le 20 mars 2013 au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le 
document IP/N/1/EU/1). 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
UNIÓN EUROPEA  
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento (CE) N° 2246/2002 de la 
Comisión, de 16 de diciembre de 2002, relativo a las tasas que se han de abonar a la Oficina de 
Armonización del Mercado Interior (marcas, dibujos y modelos) en concepto de registro de dibujos y modelos comunitarios, modificado por el Reglam ento (CE) N° 877/2007 de la Comisión, de 24 de 
julio de 2007, notificado por la Unión Europea el 20 de marzo de 2013 en virtud de lo dispuesto en 
el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/EU/1).  
                                               
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente. IP/N/1/EU/D/4 
 
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PP 3 à 11 - Offset (fichier Pdf joint) PP 3-11 - Offset (fichero Pdf adjunto) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2246/2002 
of 16 December 2002 
on the fees payable to the Of fice for Harmonization in the In ternal Market (Trad e Marks 
and Designs) in respect of the registration of Community designs 
(OJ EC No L 341 of 17.12.2002, p. 54) 
amended by Commission Regulation (E C) No 877/2007 of 24 July 2007 amending 
Regulation (EC) No 2246/2002 concerning the fees payable to the Office for Harmoniz
ation 
in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Desi gns) following the accession of the European 
Community to the Geneva Act of the Hagu e Agreement concerning the international 
registration of industrial designs 
(OJ EC No L 193 of 25.7.2007, p. 16) 
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty esta blishing the European Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC)  No 6/2002 of 12 Decem ber 2001 on C ommunity 
designs1 and in particular Article 107 thereof, 
Whereas: (1) In the light of Article 139 of Council Regulation (EC)  No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the 
Community trade m
ark2, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3288/943 which by virtue of Article 
97 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 is also applicab le to this Regulation the amounts of the fees 
should be fixed at such a level as to ensure that  the revenue in respect thereof is in principle 
sufficient for the budget of the Office to be balanced. (2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 of 21 October 2002 implementing Council 
Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs also
 deals with the conditions under which 
the fees established by Regulation (EC) No  6/2002 have to be paid to the Office. 
(3) To ensure the necessary flexibility, the Pres ident of the Office should be em powered, subject 
to certain conditions, to lay down the charges whic h may be payable to the Office in respect of 
services it may render, the charge s for access to the Office databa ses and the making available of 
the contents of these databases in machine-readab le form, and to set charges for the sale of the 
Office's publications. 
(4) In order to facilita te the payment of fees and charges, the Presiden t should be empowered to 
authorise methods of paym
ent which are additional to those explicitly provided for in this 
Regulation. (5) The measures provided for in this Regulati on are in accordanc
 e with the opinion of the 
Committee established under Article 109 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
 
 
1 OJ L 3, 5.1.2002, p. 1  
2 OJ L 11, 14.1.1994, p. 1  
3 OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 83  
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        - 3 -Article 1 
Subject matter4
This Regulation lays down the amounts and rules for payment of the following: 
1. fees payable to: 
(a) the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks an d Designs) (hereinafter 
the “Office”) on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 and Regulati on (EC) No 2245/2002; 
(b) the International Bureau of the World Inte llectual Property Organisa tion on the basis of the 
Geneva Act of the Hague Agreeme
nt concerning the International Registration of Industrial 
Designs adopted on 2 July 1999 (h ereinafter “the Geneva Act” ) approved by Council Decision 
2006/954/EC5; 
2. charges laid down by the President of the Office. 
Article 2 
Fees6
1. The fees payable to the Office on the basis of  Regulation (EC) No 6/ 2002 and Regulation (EC) 
No 2245/2002 are set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 
2. Individual designation fees paya bl e to the International Bureau on the basis of Article 7(2) of 
the Geneva Act in conjunction with Article 106c of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 and Article 
13(1) of that Regulation and Article 22(2)(a) of  Regulation (EC) No 224 5/2002 are set out in the 
Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 3 
Charges laid down
 by the President 
1. The President shall lay down the amount to be charged for any services  rendered by the Office  
other than those specified in the Annex. 
2. The President shall lay down the amount to be charged for the Community Designs Bulletin as 
well as any other publicati ons issued by the Office. 
3. The amounts of the charges shall be laid down in euro. 
4. The amounts of the charges laid down by the President in  accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 
shall be published in the Offi cial Journal of the Office. 
Article 4 
Due date for fees and charges 
1. Fees and charges in respect of which the due date is not specified in Regulation (EC) No 
6/2002 or in Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 shall be due  on the date of receip
t of the request for 
the service for which the fee or the charge is incurred. 
2. The President may decide not to make servi ces me ntioned in paragraph 1 dependent upon the 
advance payment of the corresponding fees or charges. 
 
 
4 Amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2007 of 24.7.2007. Date of entry into force: 1 January 2008 
5 OJ L 386, 29.12.2006, p. 28.  
6 Amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2007 of 24.7.2007. Date of entry into force: 1 January 2008 
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        - 4 -Article 5 
Payment of fees and charges 
1. Fees and charges due to the Office shall be pa id in euro by payme nt or transfer to a bank 
account held by the Office.7
2. The President may determine methods of paymen t other than those set out in paragraph 1, in 
particular by means of deposits in current accounts held with th e Office. Those methods shall be 
published in the Official journal of the Office. 
Article 6 
Particular
s concerning payment 
1. Every payment shall indicate the name of the person ma king the payment and shall contain the 
necessary information to enable the Office to establish immediately the purpose of the payment. 
In particular, the following information shall be provided: 
(a) when the registration fee is paid, the purpose of the payment, na mely "registration fee" and, 
where appropriate, the reference provided by the applicant in the application for the registration 
of a Community design;  
(b) when the publication f ee is paid, the purpose of the paym ent, nam ely "publication fee" and, 
where appropriate, the reference provided by the applicant in the application for the registration 
of a Community design;  
(c) when the publication fee is paid as provided for in Article 50(4) of Regulation (EC) No 
6/2002, the purpose of the payment, nam
ely "pub lication fee" and the registration number;  
(d) when the fee for the deferment of publicati on is paid, the purpose of the payment, name ly 
"deferment fee" and, where appropriate, the reference provided by the applicant in the 
application for the registration of a Community design;  (e) when the invalidity fee is paid, the registra tion number and the nam
 e of the holder of the 
registered Community design against which the application is directed, and the purpose of the 
payment, namely "invalidity fee". 
2. If the purpose of the payment cannot immediately be established, the Office shall require the 
person ma
king the payment to notify it in writing of this purpose within such period as it may 
specify. If the person does not comply with the request in due time, the payment shall be 
considered not to have been made. The am ount which has been pa id shall be refunded. 
Article 7 
Deemed date of payment 
1. The date on which any payment shall be consider ed to have been ma de to the Office shall be 
the date on which the amount of the payment is actually entered in a bank account held by the Office.
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7 Amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2007 of 24.7.2007. Date of entry into force: 1 January 2008 
8 Amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2007 of 24.7.2007. Date of entry into force: 1 January 2008 
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        - 5 -2. Where the President allows, in accordance with  the provisions of Article 5(2), other methods 
of paying fees than those set out in Article 5(1) , he shall also lay down the date on which such 
payments shall be considered to have been made. 
3. Where, pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2, payment of  a fee is not considered to have been ma de 
until after the expiry of the period in which it was due, it shall be considered that this period has 
been observed if evidence is provided to th e Office that the person who made the payment: 
(a) duly gave an order to a ba nking establishment to transfer the am ount of the payment in a 
Member State within the period within which the payment should have been made; and9
(i) effected the payment through a banking establishment; or (ii) duly gave an order to a banking establishm ent to transfer the amount of the paym
 ent; or 
(iii) dispatched at a post office or otherwis e a lette r bearing the ad dress of the Office and 
containing a cheque within the meaning of Article 5(1)(b), provided that the cheque is met; and (b) paid a surcharge of 10 % on the relevant  fee or fees, but not exceed
 ing EUR 200;  
no surcharge is payable if a condition according to  subparagraph a ha s been fulfilled not later 
than 10 days before the expiry of the period for payment. 4. The Office may request the person who made the payment to produce evidence as to the date 
on which a condition according to paragraph 3(a) was fulfilled and, where required, to pay the 
surcharg
e referred to in paragraph 3(b), within a peri od to be specified by it. If the person fails to 
comply with this request or if the evidence is insu fficient, or if the required surcharge is not paid 
in due time, the period for payment shall be  considered not to have been observed. 
Article 8 
Insufficiency of the amount paid 
1. A time limit for payment shall, in principle, be considered to have been observed only if the 
full amount of the fee has been paid  in due tim
e. If the fee is not  paid in full, the amount which 
has been paid shall be refunded after the period for payment has expired. 
2. The Office may, however, in so far as this is possible  within the time remaining before the end 
of the period, give the person making the payment the opportunity to pay the amount lacking or, 
where this is considered justified, forego any small amounts lacking without prejudice to the 
rights of the person making the payment. 
Article 9 
Refund of insignificant amounts 
1. Where an excessive sum is paid to cover a fee or a charge, the excess sh all not be refunded if 
the am
ount is insignificant and the party co ncerned has not expre ssly requested a refund. 
The President shall determine what constitutes an insignificant amount. 
2. Determ
inations by the President pursuant to pa ragraph 1 shall be pub lished in the Official 
Journal of the Office. 
 
 
9 Amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2007 of 24.7.2007. Date of entry into force: 1 January 2008 
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Entry into force 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the sevent h day f ollowing its publication in the Official 
Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety a nd directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 16 December 2002. For the Commission Frederik Bolkestein Member of the Commission 
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        - 7 -ANNEX (in euro) 
1. Registration fee (Article 36(4) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; 
Article 6(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002) 230 
1a.1 Individual Designation fee for an international registration 
(Article 106c of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Article 7(2) of the 
Geneva Act — (per design) 62 
2. Additional registration fee in respect of each additional design included in a multiple application (Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Article 6(1)(c) of  Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002):  
(a) or each design from the second to the 10th design; 115 
(b) for each design from the 11th design onwards 50 
3. Publication fee (Article 36(4) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Article 6(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002): 120 
4. Additional publication fee in respect of each additional design included in a multiple application (Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Article 6(1)(d) of  Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002):  
(a) for each design from the 2nd to the 10th design; 60 
(b) for each design from the 11th design onwards 30 
5. Fee for deferment of publicatio n (Article 36(4) of Regulation 
(EC) No 6/2002; Article 6(1 )(b) of Regulation (EC) No 
2245/2002): 40 
6. Additional fee for deferment of  publication in respect of each 
additional design included in a multiple application subject to deferment of publication (Article  37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 
6/2002; Article 6(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002):  
(a) for each design from the 2nd to the 10th design; 20 
(b) for each design from the 11th design onwards 10 
7. Fee for the late payment of the registration fee (Article 107(2)(a) 
of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Artic le 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 
2245/2002) 60 
8. Fee for the late payment of the publication fee (Article 107(2)(b) 
of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Artic le 10(3) and Article 15(4) of 
Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002) 30 
9. Fee for the late payment of the fee for deferment of publication (Article 107(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002) 10 
 
 
1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2007 of 24.7.2007. Date of entry into force: 1 January 2008 
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        - 8 -10. Fee for the late payment of  additional fees for multiple 
applications as referred to in 2, 4 and 6 of this annex (Article 
107(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 6/ 2002; Article 10(3) and Article 
15(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002) 25 % of the additional fees 
11. Renewal fee (Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; 
Article 22(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002) per design, 
included or not in a multiple registration:  
(a) for the first period of renewal; 90 
(b) for the second period of renewal; 120 
(c) for the third period of renewal; 150 
(d) for the fourth period of renewal 180 
11a.2 Individual renewal fee for an  international registration 
(Article 13(1) and 106c of Regul ation (EC) No 6/2002; Article 
22(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 per design:  
(a) for the first period of renewal — (per design); 31 
(b) for the second period of renewal — (per design) 31 
(c) for the third period of renewal — (per design) 31 
(d) for the fourth period of renewal — (per design) 31 
12. Fee for the late payment of the renewal fee or the late submission of the request for renewal (Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Article 22(2)( b) of Regulation (EC) No 
2245/2002) 25% of the renewal fee 
13. Fee for the application for a decl aration of invalidity (Article 
52(2) of Regulation (EC) No 6/20 02; Article 28(2) of Regulation 
(EC) No 2245/2002): 350 
14. Appeal fee (Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Article 
35(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002) 800 
15. Fee for restitutio in integrum (Article 67(3) of Regulation (EC) 
No 6/2002) 200 
16. Fee for the recording of the tr ansfer of an application for a 
Community design (Articles 34(2 ) and 107(2)(f) of Regulation 
(EC) No 6/2002; Article 23(7) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002) 200 per design subject to a 
ma
ximum of 1 000 where 
multiple requests are submitted in the same application for recording of the transfer or at the same time 
 
 
2 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2007 of 24.7.2007. Date of entry into force: 1 January 2008 
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        - 9 -17. Fee for the registration of th e transfer of a registered 
Community design (Article 107(2 )(f) of Regulation (EC) No 
6/2002; Article 23(3) of Re gulation (EC) No 2245/2002) 200 per design subject to a 
ma
ximum of 1 000 where 
multiple requests are submitted in the same application for registration of the transfer or at the same time 
18. Fee for the registration of a licen ce or another right in respect of 
a registered Community design (Article 107(2)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Articl e 23(3) and Article 24(1 ) of Regulation (EC) 
No 2245/2002) or an application for a Community design (Articles 34(2) and 107(2)(g) of Regulati on (EC) No 6/2002;  Article 23(3); 
Article 24(1) and Article 24(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002): 
(a) grant of a licence; 
(b) transfer of a licence; (c) creation of a right in rem; (d) transfer of a right in rem; (e) levy of execution 200 per design subject to a 
ma
ximum of 1 000 where 
multiple requests are submitted in the same application for registration of a licence or another right or at the same time 
19. Fee for the cancellation of the re gistration of a licence or other 
right (Article 107(2)(h) of Regul ation (EC) No 6/2002; Article 
26(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002) 200 per cancellation subject to a maxi
mum of 
1 000 where multiple requests are submitted in the same application for cancellation of the registration of a licence or other right or at the same 
time 
20. Fee for the issue of a copy of the application for a registered 
Community design (Article 107(2 )(n) of Regulation (EC) No 
6/2002; Article 74(5) of Regula tion (EC) No 2245/2002), a copy of 
the certificate of regist ration (Article 107(2)(e ) of Regulation (EC) 
No 6/2002; Article 17(2) of Regul ation (EC) No 2245/2002), or an 
extract from the register (Article 107(2)(i) of Re gulation (EC) No 
6/2002; Article 69(6) of Re gulation (EC) No 2245/2002):  
(a) uncertified copy or extract; 10 
(b) certified copy or extract 30 
21. Fee for the inspection of the files (Article 107(2)(j) of 
Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Article 74(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002) 30 
22. Fee for the issue of copies of file documents (Article 107(2)(k) 
of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Artic le 74(5) of Regulation (EC) No 
2245/2002):  
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        - 10 -(a) uncertified copy; 10 
(b) certified copy, 30 
plus per page, exceeding 10 1 
23. Fee for the communication of in formation in a file (Article 
107(2)(l) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Article 75 of Regulation 
(EC) No 2245/2002): 10 
plus per page, exceeding 10 1 
24. Fee for the review of the determ ination of the procedural costs 
to be refunded (Article 107(2)(m ) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; 
Article 79(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002). 100 
 
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