If the purpose of the payment cannot immediately be established, the Office shall require the person making the payment to notify it in writing of this purpose within such period as it may specify. If he does not comply with this request in due time the payment shall be considered not to have been made.
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2016/e/articl6.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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XOJ EPO 2017, A100 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 23 October 2017 concerning fee payments via bank transfer