If, in reply to the communication under Rule 71(3) and within the period specified in Rule 71(6), the applicant files a request for amendments and/or a correction of errors, the procedure is as defined in C‑V, 4. This applies regardless of whether the request is an explicit request for amendment or is drafted as an approval which is conditional on the filed amendments and/or corrections.[Rule 71(6); ]

2.5.1 Criteria for admitting such amendments

2.5.2 Further course of proceedings

2.5.3 Exceptional case where amendments must be admitted

2.5.4 Rule 137(4) applies to amendments filed at this stage