All fees to be paid on entry into the European phase are to be paid to the EPO in euro. The bank account opened in the name of the EPO and information on the different options to make a valid payment, for instance via a deposit account held with the EPO, can be found in each issue of the Official Journal and on the EPO website in the section "Forms and fees – Making payments".^[ 32 ]

Applicants having a deposit account may also make use of the automatic debiting procedure in respect of any fee that must be paid within the 31-month time limit and thereafter. If an automatic debit order is filed in due time, any fee which must be paid within the 31-month time limit will be debited on the last day of that time limit. As from 1 December 2017, the EPO has moved to "online-only" management of users’ deposit accounts. This means that debit orders must be filed in an electronically processable format (XML), either using one of the accepted electronic means of filing (e.g. EPO Form 1200E) or via Online Fee Payment in Online services.[ 33 ] This also applies to the filing of an automatic debit order. For more information on deposit accounts and the automatic debiting procedure, reference is made to the "Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes", published in OJ 2017, Supplementary publication 5.

As of 1 December 2017, fees due to the EPO may be paid by credit card. For conditions and further information, reference is made to the Decision of the President of the EPO dated 22 August 2017 as published in the Official Journal.