2. Payment of fees
Fees due to the Office may be paid by the methods foreseen in Art. 5 RFees (see also R 2/09). Art. 5(1) RFees provides for payment or transfer to a bank account held by the Office. Under Art. 5(2) RFees further fee payment methods may be allowed by the President of the EPO. These are payment by debit order from a deposit account held with the EPO (see next section) and payment by credit card (since 1.12.2017 – see decision of the President, OJ 2017, A72, and notice, OJ 2021, A73). On the establishment of the online Central Fee Payment system, see OJ 2020, A130 and OJ 2021, A61.