Competent authorities involved in EPC procedure
Article 2
1. Each Member State shall designate competent authorities responsible for EPC applications for each of the professions listed in Annex I for their entire territory or, where appropriate, parts thereof. For the purpose of implementation of Article 7, each Member State shall assign to one or more competent authorities the task of allocating EPC applications to the relevant competent authority in its territory. 2. Member States shall register in the Internal Market Information System (IMI) established by Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 at least one competent authority for each of the professions listed in Annex I to this Regulation, and at least one competent authority assigned with the task of allocating EPC applications in their territory by 18 January 2016. 3. The same competent authority may be designated as the competent authority responsible for EPC applications and as the competent authority assigned with the task of allocating EPC applications.