GA C1.6 1.6

What is a Euro-PCT application? 
1.6.001
An international application for which the EPO is a designated Office (see point 1.7.004) and which has been accorded an international filing date has - as from that date - the effect of a regular European application (Euro-direct application). Such an international application, being equivalent to a regular European patent application, is referred to as a "Euro-PCT application".
1.6.002
Each international application for which the EPO is designated Office is (also) given a European application number. This number is notified to the applicant in a communication informing the applicant of the requirements for entry into the European phase (EPO Form 1201), which, as a rule, is issued ten months after international publication of the application.
1.6.003
During the international phase of the processing of an international application no designated or elected Office is allowed to process or to examine that application. This means that a Euro-PCT application will not be processed by the EPO acting as designated or elected Office until it enters the European phase (see point 1.7.002). However, this prohibition may be lifted at the explicit request of the applicant (see points 5.1.023 ff).
WIPO PCT Guide 3.005, 5.005 

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EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int.

EPO Guide for Applicants, part II Int. - C The EPO as ISA and SISA

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