Step 1: Select the account number and enter the application number

The first step in creating a new debit order is entering the account information, application number and reference.

• If applicable, change the account number.

  By default, the account number you selected in the sidebar is used for the new order.

• Select the procedure: EP or PCT (UP is displayed for demonstration purposes only).
• Enter the application number.
  • If the selected procedure is EP, enter the eight-digit number into the first field and the check digit into the second field.
  • Select the appropriate option for your EP application's filing date /your PCT application's date of entry into the European phase.

    This information is used to apply the correct fee schedule.

• If the selected procedure is PCT, enter the two-letter country code into the first field, the four-digit year into the second field, and the six-digit serial number into the third field.

  The option Fees for international phase (PCT only) is automatically selected and cannot be changed.

Optionally, you can enter a deferred execution date for your debit order. Note this important information:

• This functionality allows you to indicate explicitly that your payment order is to be executed at a date later than the submission date. In this case, the payment date will be deemed to be the deferred execution date, provided that you have sufficient funds in your deposit account on that date.
• Please choose the deferred execution date option only if the fees are to be debited on a future date, as otherwise the default execution date is the date of receipt.
• The deferred execution date can be a maximum of 40 days in the future.

• To specify the Deferred execution date, click into the field to the right.
• Select the date from the calendar.

• Optionally, complete the fields Applicant name and Your reference.
• Click Continue.