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The fees due to the Office shall be paid in euro by payment or transfer to a bank account held by the Office.
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The President of the Office may allow other methods of paying fees than those set out in paragraph 1.
Amended by decision of the Administrative Council CA/D 17/07 of 25.10.2007 (OJ EPO 2007, 533), in particular Article 1, point 2 thereof, which entered into force on 01.04.2008.
See notice from the EPO of 23.10.2017 concerning fee payments via bank transfer (OJ EPO 2017, A100)23.11.2020 concerning improvements in the online service for paying fees by credit card and the introduction of a new functionality facilitating payments by bank transfer (OJ EPO 2020, A130).
See notice from the EPO of 20.08.2019 concerning the fee refund procedures (OJ EPO 2019, A82).
See arrangements for deposit accounts valid as of 01.10.2019 (supplementary publication 4, OJ EPO 2019), decision of the President of the EPO of 04.06.2020 amending Annex A.1 and Annex A.2 to the arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) (OJ EPO 2020, A77) and notice from the EPO of 04.06.2020 concerning changes to fee payment via the automatic debiting procedure (OJ EPO 2020, A78).
See decision of the President of the EPO of 22.08.2017 (OJ EPO 2017, A72) and notice from the EPO of 13.05.2020 (OJ EPO 2020, A62) concerning the payment of fees by credit card.
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/articl5.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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XOJ EPO 2021, A26 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 18 March 2021 amending the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and Annex A.1 to the ADA – Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure (AAD)
XOJ EPO 2020, A130 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 23 November 2020 concerning improvements in the online service for paying fees by credit card and the introduction of a new functionality facilitating payments by bank transfer
XOJ EPO 2020, A78 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 4 June 2020 concerning changes to fee payment via the automatic debiting procedure
XOJ EPO 2020, A77 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 4 June 2020 amending Annex A.1 to the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) ‒ Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure (AAD) and Annex A.2 to the ADA ‒ [..]
XOJ EPO 2020, A62 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 13 May 2020 concerning the payment of fees by credit card
XOJ EPO SE 4/2019, p1 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 20 August 2019 concerning revision of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes
XOJ EPO 2019, A82 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 20 August 2019 concerning the revised fee refund procedures
XOJ EPO 2019, A46 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 May 2019 amending Annex A.1 to the ADA – Arrangements for the automatic debiting procedure (AAD) and Annex A.2 to the ADA – Information from the EPO concerning [..]
XOJ EPO 2019, A20 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 19 February 2019 amending the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)
XOJ EPO SE 5/2017, p1 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 27 September 2017 concerning revision of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes
XOJ EPO 2017, A72 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 22 August 2017 concerning the payment of fees by credit card
XOJ EPO 2017, A44 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 6 June 2017 adding a new provision to the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)
XOJ EPO 2013, 90 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 30 January 2013 concerning the payment of fees and expenses charged by the Information Office and the Electronic Library in Munich
XOJ EPO 2009, 238 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 30 March 2009 on setting up and cancelling automatic debit orders via Online Fee Payment