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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 OJ EPO 2016, 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 OJ EPO 2017, A45), 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.
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: 24 November 2017
20 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, 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, A45 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 6 June 2017 concerning the addition of a validation functionality to Online Fee Payment
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 2016, A84 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 29 September 2016 concerning improvements and changes to fee payment via deposit accounts
XOJ EPO 2016, A83 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 29 September 2016 revising points 5.3 and 7 of the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA)
XOJ EPO 2016, A14 - Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 3 February 2016 revising point 5.3 of the Arrangements for deposit accounts
XOJ EPO 2015, A53 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 18 June 2015 concerning abrogation of the transitional procedure for filing automatic debit orders with the EPO as receiving Office to pay fees in PCT proceedings
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