The applicant may claim more than one priority based on previous applications in the same or different States. Where multiple priorities are claimed, time limits which are calculated from the priority date run from the earliest date of priority and, as a result, the European application must be made within twelve months from the earliest priority; this applies if earlier applications have been filed both in States that are parties to the Paris Convention and also in States that have concluded an agreement under Art. 87(5) EPC (to date, no such agreements have been concluded).