Article 45

Examination as to formal requirements for filing 1. The Office shall examine whether the application complies with the requirements laid down in Article 36(1) for the accordance of a date of filing. 2. The Office shall examine whether: the application complies with the other requirements laid down in Article 36(2), (3), (4) and (5) and, in the case of a multiple application, Article 37(1) and (2); the application meets the formal requirements laid down in the implementing regulation for the implementation of Articles 36 and 37; the requirements of Article 77(2) are satisfied; the requirements concerning the claim to priority are satisfied, if a priority is claimed. 3. The conditions for the examination as to the formal requirements for filing shall be laid down in the implementing regulation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.