埃及商标局提高官费标准
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Following the new Value Added Tax (VAT), since July of 2019, which stipulates that each requested action with the Trademark Office is subject to VAT of 14%, there is a new increase in the official fees for trademark prosecution by the Egyptian Trademark Office.
Implemented by the ministerial decree no.179, of the 4th of September 2019, this increase in official fees would be implemented from 5th of September, but it has so far been put on hold.
Once the new fees are introduced, our schedule of fees will be amended to reflect this change.
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2019年7月，埃及政府对外公布了全新的增值税征收方案。此举意味着埃及商标局在向申请人收取费用时还需要缴纳14%的增值税。因此，埃及商标局决定进一步提高其官费的收费标准。
实际上，根据埃及政府于2019年9月4日颁布的《第179号部长级法令》，埃及商标局在2019年9月5日就应该对自家的官费标准进行调整，但目前此事似乎因为某些原因而暂时搁置了。
总而言之，随着新收费标准的出台，希望在埃及为自家商标提供保护的申请人们一定对此事时刻保持密切的关注。
