Ancillary Regulations Part I: Article 154 OJ 1981, 531

Article 154 OJ 1981, 531: PCT Administrative Agreement between the European Patent Organisation and the BELGIAN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OFFICE on the implementation of PCT Rule 48.3(b)

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Foreword

Ancillary Regulations

Part I

Article 154

Article 154 OJ 1981, 531: PCT Administrative Agreement between the European Patent Organisation and the BELGIAN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OFFICE on the implementation of PCT Rule 48.3(b)

Article 154 OJ 1979, 463: PCT Agreement concluded on 16 August 1979 between the President of the EPO and the President of the NETHERLANDS PATENT OFFICE on the procedure applicable to the performance of international-type searches for the NETHERLANDS PATENT OFFICE carried out by the European Patent Office as International Searching Authority under the PCT

Article 154 OJ 1982, 323: PCT Specification of the EPO as an International Searching Authority by the US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Article 154 - OJ 1981, 531

PCT
Administrative Agreement between the European Patent Organisation and the BELGIAN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OFFICE
on the implementation of PCT Rule 48.3(b)

- OJ 1981, 531 -

On 26 November 1981, an Administrative Agreement between the European Patent Organisation and the Belgian industrial and commercial property office on the implementation of PCT Rule 48.3(b) enters into force. That PCT rule concerns the translation of the international application into English for the purposes of the international publication if the application was filed in a language other than English, French, German, Japanese or Russian.

The conclusion of this Agreement has enabled the EPO to supplement Annex A, paragraph 1 to the Agreement of 11 April 1978 between WIPO and the EPO under the PCT by indicating that an international application which is filed with the Belgian industrial and commercial property office as receiving Office may be filed in Dutch.

Therefore, as from 14 December 1981, nationals or residents of Belgium will be able to file international applications with the Belgian Office as receiving Office in Dutch.

It should be noted that the inclusion of Dutch relates only to proceedings before the EPO as an International Searching Authority: it does not therefore extend to proceedings before the EPO as an International Preliminary Examining Authority.

The Administrative Agreement between the EPO and the Belgian industrial and commercial property office on the implementation of PCT Rule 48.3(b) is identical in substance to the agreement of 9 January 1979 on the same subject between the EPO and the Netherlands Patent Office. The text of that agreement was published in full in OJ 4/1979, p. 138.

The agreement lays down the procedure applicable as between the Belgian industrial and commercial property office and applicants, between applicants and the EPO and also between the Belgian Office and the EPO if the international application is filed in Dutch with the Belgian Office, to ensure the English translation of the application reaches the EPO in good time, bearing in mind the time limits provided for in PCT Rule 48.3(b).