Fee payments to the EPO may be validly made by anyone: applicants, agents and any other person.
Rules 14.1(c), Rule 15.3, Rule 16.1(f), Rule 57.2, Rule 96.1
OJ EPO 2021, A61
OJ EPO 2020, A130
All fees which are to be paid to the EPO must be paid in euros:
OJ EPO 2017, A72, and OJ EPO 2020, A62, A130
OJ EPO 2021, A73, OJ EPO 2021, A61
In the event of a general unavailability of the permitted electronic means of communication, the EPO will make use of the extension of time limits for the payment of fees, as for the performance of any other procedural acts, and will inform the IB accordingly.
Payment of fees by cheque delivered or sent directly to the EPO was abolished with effect from 1 April 2008.
OJ EPO 2007, 626
The date to be considered as the date on which a payment is made is established in accordance with the EPO's Rules relating to Fees.