GA C2.2.9 2.2.9.

Can an international application be filed by email, telegram, telex or similar means? 
2.2.030
An international application cannot be filed with the EPO by email, telegram, telex or similar means. Applications so filed cannot be accorded a valid date of filing. For filing in electronic form see points 2.2.003 ff.
OJ 2000, 458
OJ 2019, A18
2.2.031
Email, telegram, telex and similar means have no legal force in the proceedings under the PCT and cannot be used validly to perform any procedural act. Therefore, no time limit for such act can be complied with by such means.

Source: http://www.epo.org/applying/international/guide-for-applicants/html/e/ga_c2_2_9.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int.

EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - C The EPO as ISA and SISA

Offical Journal of the EPO