art_24__para_2
2. The Office shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the deadline for completing the examination set out in Article 23(3), and shall inform the applicant of the reasons for the delay, where the competent authority of a Member State: informs the Office that the decision referred to in Article 16(1) has been invalidated at national level by an immediately applicable, but non-final, administrative or judicial decision; or requests the Office to suspend the examination because national administrative or judicial proceedings have been initiated to challenge the validity of the application.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.