Guidelines for Examination
PART A
 CHAPTER XI FEES
3. Date considered as date on which payment is made
3.2 Delivery or remittance of a cheque made payable to the EPO 		 

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PART A
CHAPTER XI FEESCHAPTER XI FEES
3. Date considered as date on which payment is made3. Date considered as date on which payment is made
  3.1 Payment or transfer to a bank or giro account held by the European Patent Organisation3.1 Payment or transfer to a bank or giro account held by the European Patent Organisation     3.3 Deposit accounts with the EPO3.3 Deposit accounts with the EPO  
 

3.2

Delivery or remittance of a cheque made payable to the EPO

 

The payment is considered to be made on the date of delivery, where the cheque is delivered to one of the filing offices of the EPO and on the day the cheque is received at the EPO where it is sent by post. Outside office hours the cheque may also be posted in the automated mail-box of the EPO in Munich or Berlin and the day on which it was posted in the automated mail-box is considered to be the date of payment (Notice from EPO, OJ 6/1992, 306).

 

Art. 8(1)(b) RFees



The date of payment holds good only if the cheque is met.

 
Index:CHAPTER XI FEES3. Date considered as date on which payment is made 3.1 Payment or transfer to a bank or giro account held by the European Patent Organisation 3.3 Deposit accounts with the EPO

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