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The European Patent Convention – Contents

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Protocol on the Staff Complement

European Patent Convention
Implementing Regulations
Rules relating to Fees
Rules of Procedure of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal
Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 EPC
Protocol on Centralisation
Protocol on Recognition
Protocol on Privileges and Immunities
Protocol on the Staff Complement
Act revising the European Patent Convention (Revision Act 2000)
Transitional provisions / AC decisions under Art. 7 / Revision Act 2000
Annex I: Index of published decisions/opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Annex II: Cross-reference index

Protocol on the Staff Complement of the European Patent Office at The Hague
(Protocol on Staff Complement)

of 29 November 20001

 

The European Patent Organisation shall ensure that the proportion of European Patent Office posts assigned to the duty station at The Hague as defined under the 2000 establishment plan and table of posts remains substantially unchanged. Any change in the number of posts assigned to the duty station at The Hague resulting in a deviation of more than ten per cent of that proportion, which proves necessary for the proper functioning of the European Patent Office, shall be subject to a decision by the Administrative Council of the Organisation on a proposal from the President of the European Patent Office after consultation with the Governments of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.2


1 The new text of the Protocol adopted by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation in its decision of 28 June 2001 (see OJ EPO 2001, Special edition No. 4, p. 55) has become an integral part of the Revision Act of 29 November 2000 under Article 3(2), second sentence, of that Act.

2Annexed to the European Patent Convention as an integral part thereof by the Act revising the European Patent Convention of 29.11.2000.

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