GA C4.1.4.3 4.1.4.3

The EPO or a European ISA acted as ISA 
4.1.017
The EPO will, however, only act as an IPEA if the international search was also carried out by the EPO or by the Austrian, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish or Turkish patent office or the Nordic Patent Institute or the Visegrad Patent Institute. Applicants considering their choice of ISA (PCT request form Box No. VII) are advised to bear this in mind (see also point 3.1.012).
Agreement EPO-WIPO, Art. 3(2), Annex A(i) 
OJ 2017, A115
OJ 2018, A24, A35

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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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

Offical Journal of the EPO