The effect of non-compliance with the provisions with regard to representation and the action to be taken by the formalities officer in dealing with any deficiency are considered in A‑III, 16.

2.1 Requirements

2.2 Non-compliance

The formal requirements that an application has to meet are the subject of an examination by the Receiving Section.

1. General

2. Representation

3. Physical requirements

4. Request for grant

5. Designation of inventor

6. Claim to priority (see also F-VI)

Where a translation of the priority application is already available to the EPO under Rule 53(2), the applicant does not need to file it.

In cases where the priority application is in an official language of the EPO and the European application is in a different official language of the EPO, there is no requirement for the applicant to file a translation of the priority application according to Rule 56(3)(b).