16bis.2

a)   The payment of fees in response to an invitation under Rule 16bis.1a) may be subjected by the receiving Office to the payment to it, for its own benefit, of a late payment fee. The amount of that fee shall be:

(i)   50% of the amount of unpaid fees which is specified in the invitation, or,

(ii)  if the amount calculated under item (i) is less than the transmittal fee, an amount equal to the transmittal fee.

b)   The amount of the late payment fee shall not, however, exceed the amount of 50% of the international filing fee referred to in item 1 of the Schedule of Fees, not taking into account any fee for each sheet of the international application in excess of 30 sheets.