Handling of documents issued by the competent authority of the home Member State
Article 11
1. Where the competent authority of the home Member State has been designated as responsible under national laws to issue any of the documents required for the issuance of the EPC under Article 10, it shall directly upload those documents in the IMI. 2. By derogation from Article 10(3) of this Regulation, the competent authority of the home Member State shall not consider documents referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article as missing documents pursuant to Articles 4b(3) and 4c(1) or 4d(1) of Directive 2005/36/EC, where those documents have not been uploaded in the IMI in accordance with paragraph 1. 3. The online tool referred to in Article 4b(1) of Directive 2005/36/EC shall provide for a possibility for the applicant to upload copies of any required supporting documents issued by the competent authorities of the home Member State.