58bis.2

a) The payment of fees in response to an invitation under Rule 58bis.1a) may be subjected by the International Preliminary Examining Authority 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 handling fee, an amount equal to the handling fee.

b) The amount of the late payment fee shall not, however, exceed double the amount of the handling fee.