Temporary unavailability of some services of CFP on 7 March 2025
Due to technical maintenance work, some CFP features will be unavailable between 19.00 hrs and 21.30 hrs on Friday, 7 March 2025 (CET).
The features that are unavailable include deposit account management, refund services, and automatic debiting management.
Payments will still be possible, but their processing may take longer than usual. A non-blocking warning will be displayed for deposit account checkout, but it can be ignored.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Important notice
Legal safeguards may be available where filing or fee payment services were not available, depending on the service affected, the day and duration of the unavailability and the procedural situation. For details see Rule 134 EPC, Rule 82quater.2 PCT, the ADA (Supplementary publication 3, OJ EPO 2022) and the notice from the EPO dated 22 October 2020 (OJ EPO 2020, A120).
Please always quote the reference number indicated above when addressing the EPO in relation to this issue.