2.2 Method of notification 

Notification is to be made by postal services, by delivery on the premises of the EPO, by public notice or, if so agreed by the addressee agrees, by means of electronic communication. In the case of electronic communication, as determined by the President of the EPO and under the conditions laid down by him governing their use the President of the EPO decides what means may be used and the conditions for using them. Further details concerning notifications are given in Rules 126 to Rule 129. Notification through the central industrial property office of a contracting state competent to deal with the addressee must be made in accordance with the provisions applicable to that office in national proceedings.