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Under the EPC 1973, an application could be filed in an official EPO language (Art. 14(1) EPC 1973) or, by persons benefiting from the "language privilege", in an official language of a contracting state other than English, French or German (Art. 14(2) EPC 1973).
The official language in which the application is filed or into which it is translated is the language of the proceedings in all proceedings before the Office, unless the Implementing Regulations provide otherwise (Art. 14(3) EPC).