Lodging of procedural documents
Article 10
1. All pleadings shall be signed and bear a date. 2. For the purposes of calculating time limits, a document shall not be considered to have been lodged until it is received at the Registry. 3. A party or an intervener shall submit documents to the Registry by hand or by post. However, the Board of Appeal may allow documents of a party or an intervener to be lodged by telefax, e-mail or by any other technical means of communication. The rules governing the use of means of technical communication, including the use of electronic signature, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 27(3).