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: (a) 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); (b) the application meets the formal requirements laid down in the implementing regulation for the implementation of Articles 36 and 37; (c) the requirements of Article 77(2) are satisfied; (d) 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.