2.2 Method of notification 

Documents may be notified by postal services, by delivery on the premises of the EPO, by public notice or, if the addressee agrees, by means of electronic communication. The President of the EPO decides what means may be used for electronic communication and on the conditions for using them. Further details concerning notifications are given in Rules 126 to Rule 129. If a document is notified via the central industrial property office of a contracting state competent to deal with the addressee, this must be done in accordance with the provisions applicable to that office in national proceedings.