EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE
Fees
Bank accounts of the European Patent Organisation
Information about the closure of additional 13 euro bank accounts of the European Patent Organisation
Taking into account the developments in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) enabling patent applicants to make direct payments to the EPO's house bank in Germany (Commerzbank AG) under the same conditions as those applicable to payments made to domestic accounts, the EPO is closing the following bank accounts by 31 August 2014:
Member state | Bank account | Address | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
BG |
Bulgaria |
N° |
1465104501 |
UniCredit Bulbank |
CH |
Switzerland |
N° |
230-322 005 60 M |
UBS |
CZ |
Czech Republic |
N° |
CZ52 0300 1712 8010 1700 2453 |
Československá obchodní banka, a.s. |
DK |
Denmark |
N° |
3001014560 |
Danske Bank A /S |
GB |
United Kingdom |
N° |
86 98 72 66 (sort code 20-47-35) |
Barclays Bank plc |
HU |
Hungary |
N° |
11764946-00239880 |
OTP Bank Rt. |
IS |
Iceland |
N° |
0101-38-710440 |
National Bank of Iceland |
LT |
Lithuania |
N° |
LT52 7044 0600 0559 2279 |
AB SEB bankas |
LV |
Latvia |
N° |
LV40UNLA0050008873109 |
SEB banka |
MC |
Monaco |
N° |
30004 09179 00025422154 91 (RIB) |
BNP – Paribas |
PL |
Poland |
N° |
42103015080000000504086003 |
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. |
RO |
Romania |
N° |
279682 |
UniCredit Tiriac Bank S. A. |
SE |
Sweden |
IBAN |
SE08 6000 0000 0000 4885 7939 |
SHB, HIFF- L |
As of 1 September 2014, all payments from the above member states are to be made exclusively to the following EPO account:
Nr. 3 338 800 00 (BLZ 700 800 00)
IBAN DE20 7008 0000 0333 8800 00
BIC DRESDEFF700
Commerzbank AG
Promenadeplatz 7
80273 München
Germany
Customers are advised to execute their payments to the EPO bank account under SEPA standards.