Article 5 - Payment of fees


 

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EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION- Table of Contents    
Rules Relating to Fees Protocol on the Staff Complement Annex I
Article 5 - Payment of fees Article 4 - Due date for fees Article 6 - (deleted)

Article 5 7

Payment of fees


(1) The fees due to the Office shall be paid in euro:


(a) by payment or transfer to a bank account held by the Office,


(b) by payment or transfer to a Giro account held by the Office, or


(c) by delivery or remittance of cheques made payable to the Office.


(2)8 The President of the Office may allow other methods of paying fees than those set out in paragraph 1.


7 Last amended by decision of the Administrative Council of 28.06.2001 which entered into force on 01.01.2002 (OJ EPO 2001, 377).

8 See the Arrangements for deposit accounts valid as of 1 January 2005 (Suppl. No. 2 to OJ EPO 1/2005).