The patent application must, within one month of the filing of the documents, be followed by payment of:
1° The filing fee;
2° The search report fee, unless the application has been filed in the form of a provisional patent application provided for in Article R. 612-3-1.
Where the patent application has been filed in the form of a provisional application, the search report fee must be paid within one month of the request for compliance mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 612-3-2.