1 National provisions

Decision of 20.8.92

2 Accounts

(a) renewal fees for European patents:

Agenzia delle Entrate - centro operativo Pescara (Brevetti / Imposte sui brevetti europei)

c/c n. 81016008*

ABI 07601

CAB 03200

IBAN: IT10 D076 0103 2000 0008 1016 008

BIC: BPPIITRRXXX

(b) other fees (except validation fee, cf. Table IV, column 3):

Agenzia delle Entrate - centro operativo Pescara (Brevetti / Imposte sui brevetti europei)

c/c n. 00668004*

ABI 07601

CAB 03200

IBAN: IT42 D076 0103 2000 0000 0668 004

BIC: BPPIITRRXXX

* “conto corrente postale” (Giro account)

3 Methods of payment

Payment at any Italian post office using the prescribed form (Ch. 8quater). The payment voucher (Section 4) has to be presented to the IT Patent Office (UIBM, Ufficio G5). The purpose of the payment has to be stated on the reverse of Sections 1 and 4. In the case of payments from abroad, the IT Patent Office also accepts international post giro transfers provided a supplement of EUR 0.52 is included to cover postal giro charges.

4 Date considered as the effective payment date

Date of inpayment at an Italian post office (date stamp)

The date stamped by the post office also applies if payment is made through a bank; in this case the bank should be instructed to send the payment voucher to the IT Patent Office (UIBM, Ufficio G5).