<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"1.What are the annual fees for a standard patent (without extra translation) incurred by a patent applicant for the duration of a patent in the first year and in 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20years which is applied for in the applicant's own country and in the other 26Member States?  2.What are the comparable fees for a patent in the US market?  3.Does the Commission consider that the differences between the fees in individual Member States are appropriate, given the protective role of patents in the market of the Member State concerned, as compared with objectifiable yardsticks such as the number of inhabitants?  4.Does the Commission consider the differences in fees between the EU and the USA to be likely to ensure the competitiveness of the European domestic market in the long term?  5.What fee reductions are available in Member States and the USA to small and medium-sized innovators and universities?  6.Are there any studies showing how reductions in fees stimulate the activities of the innovators referred to in Question 5 or, conversely, how their absence prevents innovators from securing innovations for the European domestic market?  7.If it is established that the innovators referred to in Question 5 are in a worse position in the European Union than their counterparts in other regions of the world market such as the USA, does the Commission intend to implement any changes?"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [15]. </s>
1.What are the annual fees for a standard patent (without extra translation) incurred by a patent applicant for the duration of a patent in the first year and in 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20years which is applied for in the applicant's own country and in the other 26Member States?  2.What are the comparable fees for a patent in the US market?  3.Does the Commission consider that the differences between the fees in individual Member States are appropriate, given the protective role of patents in the market of the Member State concerned, as compared with objectifiable yardsticks such as the number of inhabitants?  4.Does the Commission consider the differences in fees between the EU and the USA to be likely to ensure the competitiveness of the European domestic market in the long term?  5.What fee reductions are available in Member States and the USA to small and medium-sized innovators and universities?  6.Are there any studies showing how reductions in fees stimulate the activities of the innovators referred to in Question 5 or, conversely, how their absence prevents innovators from securing innovations for the European domestic market?  7.If it is established that the innovators referred to in Question 5 are in a worse position in the European Union than their counterparts in other regions of the world market such as the USA, does the Commission intend to implement any changes?