Judgment_paragraph 31 · Research and Production Company ‘Melt Water’ UAB v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (T-61/13)

31Consequently, Article 60 of Regulation No 207/2009 must be interpreted uniformly as meaning that payment of the appeal fee is required in order for the appeal to be regarded as having been filed, with the result that that payment is linked to the filing of the notice of appeal and must be made, in the same way as that filing, within a period of two months following the date of notification of the decision under appeal. The period of four months following the date of notification of the decision applies solely to the lodging of the written statement setting out the grounds of appeal, and not to the payment of the appeal fee.