Guidelinesfor Examination PART A CHAPTER II FILING OF APPLICATIONS AND EXAMINATION ON FILING 4. Examination on filing 4.2 Further requirements 4.2.2 Translation
The translation in English, French or German must be filed within three months after the filing of the application (see II, 4.2.1 as to what is understood by "filing of the application"), but no later than thirteen months after the earliest date of priority claimed (see VIII, 1.1).