The EPO provides the national offices of its member states with access to its electronic search documentation as described in B‑IX, 2.1 to B-IX, 2.3.
For other documentation of the EPO, if delivered by commercial database providers, access can be limited, depending on the conditions of data delivery agreed between the EPO and the data provider. However, separate agreements may exist between national offices and data providers.
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/guidelines/e/b_ix_5.htm
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021