T 0047/88 (Payment of fees) of 17.10.1988
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1988:T004788.19881017
- Date of decision
- 17 October 1988
- Case number
- T 0047/88
- Online on
- 21 October 1988
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 83106483.7
- IPC class
- C21D 8/02
- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
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- Applicant name
- Mannesmann
- Opponent name
- Hoesch AG; Thyssen Stahl AG
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
If a cash payment into a giro account held by the Office can be cancelled by the payer (see Section 24 of the postal giro regulations of the Federal Republic of Germany's Posts and Telecommunications), the date to be considered as the date on which payment is made within the meaning of Article 8(1)(a) of the Rules relating to Fees is the date on which the amount actually entered the account held by the Office (further to Decisions J 26/89, OJ EPO 1982, 7; T 214/83, OJ EPO 1985, 10; J 05/84, OJ EPO 1985, 306; J 24/86, OJ EPO 1987, 399).
- Relevant legal provisions
- Rules relating to fees Art 8(1)
- Keywords
- Cash payment into a Giro account held by the Office
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The appeal against the formalities officer's decision of 24 November 1987 is dismissed.