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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), and in particular by its Article 1, point 2; entered into force on 01.04.2008.
See the Arrangements for deposit accounts valid as of 01.04.2015 (supplementary publication 3, OJ EPO 2015); amended
- by the decision dated 03.02.2016 of the President of the EPO revising point 5.3 of the ADA, (OJ EPO 2016, A14),
- by the decision of the President of the EPO dated 29.09.2016 revising point 5.3 and 7 of the ADA (OJ EPO 2016, A83 and A84),
- by the decision of the President of the EPO dated 06.07.2017 adding a new provision to the ADA (OJ EPO 2017, A44 and A45), and
- and by the notice from the EPO dated 08.06.2015 concerning abrogation of the transitional procedure for filing automatic debit orders with the EPO as receiving Office to pay fees in PCT proceedings, (OJ EPO 2015, A53).01.12.2017 (supplementary publication 5, OJ EPO 2017).
See the decision of the President of the EPO and the notice from the EPO concerning payment of fees by credit card (OJ EPO 2017, A72 and OJ EPO 2017, A73).
See also the decision of the President of the EPO concerning the pilot project to introduce new means of electronic communication in EPO proceedings (OJ EPO 2015, A28).
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/articl5.html
Date retrieved: 30 December 2018
18 references found.
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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, A100 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 23 October 2017 concerning fee payments via bank transfer
XOJ EPO 2017, A73 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 22 August 2017 concerning the payment of fees by credit card
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 2015, A28 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 11 March 2015 concerning the pilot project to introduce new means of electronic communication in EPO proceedings
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