No more faxing to the EPO as of 1 July 2024 :(
Hidden in a News message on MyEPO services, the EPO announced that from July onwards, the EPO will no longer accept submissions by fax. All fax services relating to EP and PCT as well as Unitary Patent procedures will thus cease completely as of July.
Already since 1 March 2023, EPO no longer sends faxes in proceedings under the EPC and the PCT - but at that time still continued to receive them; see OJ 2023, A15.
As of 1 July 2024, the EPO will also stop receiving faxes; see the News message.
The EPO indicated that, in emergency cases, the Contingency Upload Service is available via the EPO website (CUR here). Note that Webform Filing will be decommissioned in December 2024.
A Decision from the President and a Notice from the EPO on the abandoning of fax are expected to be published in OJ EPO April 2024.
For the News message: see here