S.I. No. 648 of 2001 
European Communities (Supplementary Protection Certific ate) (Amendment) 
Regulations, 2001  
I, Mary Harney T.D., Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the 
powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Eu ropean Communities Act, 1972 ( No. 27 of 
1972 ), and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1768/92 of 18 June 1992
(1) , hereby make the following regulations: 
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Supplementary 
Protection Certificate) (A mendment) Regulations, 2001. 
2.  These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2002. 
3.  The Second Schedule of the European Communities (Supplementary Protection 
Certificate) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1993 ), is amended by substituting 
“€95” for “£75.” 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
20 December 2001 
MARY HARNEY 
 
Minister for Enterprise , Trade and Employment. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE  
(This note is not part of the instrument and doe s not purport to be a legal interpretation.)  
This Order, which will apply from 1 January 2002, sets out the fee payable in euro upon 
filing of a request for a supplementary protec tion certificate at the Irish Patents Office. 
All payments, in respect of this fee, made before 1 January 2002, that are due before the 
end of 2001, will be the subject of the legislat ion in force at the time of payment. Fees 
notified before the end of 2001, but due in 2002,  may be paid in advance at the rate 
payable in 2002. All payments made on or after 1 January 2002 will be at the rates 
payable in 2002. 
Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin, 4. 
(1) O.J. No. L182, 2.7.1992, p.1. 
 
 