a) Requirements for appeal – payment of appeal fee 

The notice of appeal, to be filed within one month from notification of the contested decision, must already include the statement setting out the grounds; the appeal fee is to be paid within the same period (Art. 24(2) REE).

In D 9/17 the DBA confirmed that the Rules relating to Fees applied, at least mutatis mutandis, to the payment of the fee for an appeal lodged under Art. 24(2) REE. This fee was to be paid by payment or transfer to a bank account held by the Office (Art. 5(1) RFees); in particular, payment of the fees according to Art. 17 REE by debit order was not provided for in the Arrangements for deposit accounts.