Key legal question
Whether the appeal could be entered into despite the advance payment being credited after the deadline through an electronic bank transfer.
Extracted holding
No. The advance was not paid in time because, for an EZAG transfer, timeliness requires that the deadline date be set as due date and that the data carrier be handed to the post within the deadline; a later due date caused by the bank or system is attributable to the party.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 32(3) OG and the Court's settled case law, payment through a bank does not preserve the deadline unless the transfer is forwarded in time with the required due date. If the bank system inserts the next business day or cannot use the deadline day, that risk is borne by the party.