2.2. Debit orders
2.2.1 Governing provisions
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). |
Under Art. 5(2) and Art. 7(2) RFees the EPO makes deposit accounts available for paying fees to the EPO (not, however, for the fees according to Art. 17 of the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives, Supplementary publication 2, OJ 2019 – see D 9/17). They are governed by the Arrangements for deposit accounts (ADA) and their annexes. For the current version and accompanying notice, see Supplementary publication 3, OJ 2022 Payments from a deposit account are made by debit order, and most fees are paid by this method.