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Decisions and notices

2025

Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 12 February 2025 concerning the revision of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes

Notice from the European Patent Office dated 12 February 2025 concerning improvements to the automatic debiting procedure 

2024

Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes (valid as from 1 April 2024) (OJ EPO 2024, Supplementary publication 2)

Notice from the European Patent Office dated 15 February 2024 concerning the further digitalisation of the fee refund procedure (OJ EPO 2024, A23)

2023

Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 24 April 2023 concerning the revision of the Arrangements for deposit accounts and their annexes in view of the entry into force of the Unitary Patent system (OJ EPO 2023, Supplementary publication 3)

Notice from the European Patent Office dated 24 April 2023 concerning the revision of the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes in view of the entry into force of the Unitary Patent system (OJ EPO 2023, Supplementary publication 3)

2022

Notice from the European Patent Office dated 19 July 2022 (OJ EPO 2022, A81)

Guidance for the payment of fees, expenses and prices applicable as from 1 April 2022 (OJ EPO 2022, A34)

Notice from the European Patent Office dated 16 February 2022 concerning the payment of fees by credit card (OJ EPO 2022, A18)

2020

Notice from the European Patent Office dated 4 June 2020 concerning changes to fee payment via the automatic debiting procedure (OJ EPO 2020, A78)