2. Payment of fees
2.1. Methods of payment
This section has been updated to reflect case law and legislative changes up to 31 December 2023. For the previous version of this section please refer to the "Case Law of the Boards of Appeal", 10th edition (PDF). |
Fees due to the EPO may be paid by the methods foreseen in Art. 5 RFees (see also R 2/09). Art. 5(1) RFees provides for payment or transfer to a bank account held by the EPO. Under Art. 5(2) RFees further fee payment methods may be allowed by the President of the EPO. These are payment by debit order from a deposit account held with the EPO (see next section) and payment by credit card (since 1 December 2017 – see decision of the President, OJ 2017, A72, and notice, OJ 2022, A18). On the establishment of the online Central Fee Payment system (CFP), see OJ 2020, A130,OJ 2021, A61 and OJ 2022, A81.