Guidelines for Examination

European patent applications and international (PCT) applications may be accompanied by a debit order for the fees due. To avoid the risk of payment being debited twice where a debit order is sent by fax, the original should not be filed subsequently (see points 6.2 ADA, point 6.9 ADA and point 6.10 ADA of the Arrangements for deposit accounts, Supplement to OJ EPO 3/2009). For the abolition of payments by cheque, see A-X, 2.