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Opmerkingen

1. This Rule:
   a)shall apply to international applications whose international filing date is on or after April 1, 2007, provided that Rules 4.1c)(iv), 4.18, 4.19, 12.1bis, 12.3, 20.1 to 20.9, 21.2, 22.1, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3ter, 26.5, 26.6, 48.2b)(v), 51.1, 51.2, 51bis.1, 55.2 and 82ter.1 as amended shall not apply to international applications in respect of which one or more elements referred to in Article 11(1)(iii) were first received by the receiving Office before April 1, 2007;b)shall not apply to international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2007, provided that:(i)Rule 34.1 as amended shall apply to any international search carried out on or after April 1, 2007;(ii)Rules 43.6bis, 43bis.1b), 66.1, 66.4bis and 70.2e) as amended shall apply to international search reports, written opinions and international preliminary examination reports established on or after April 1, 2007, in respect of international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2007, as though the references in those Rules to rectifications of obvious mistakes authorized under Rule 91.1 as amended were references to rectifications of obvious errors authorized under existing Rule 91.1;(iii)Rule 49ter.2 as amended shall apply to international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2007, and in respect of which the acts referred to in Article 22(1) are performed on or after April 1, 2007;(iv)Rule 76.5 as amended, to the extent that it has the effect of making Rule 49ter.2 applicable, shall apply to international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2007, and in respect of which the acts referred to in Article 39(1)a) are performed on or after April 1, 2007 (Trb. 2006/214).1)
2. The Rules as amended will not apply to any international application whose international filing date is before January 1, 2003, provided that:(iii), apply to any international application whose international filing date is before January 1, 2003, and in respect of which the applicable time limit under Article 39(1) expires on or after January 1, 2003;
   (i) new Rule 49.6a) to (e) shall, subject to item (iii), apply to any international application whose international filing date is before January 1, 2003, and in respect of which the applicable time limit under Article 22 expires on or after January 1, 2003;(ii) to the extent that new Rule 49.6a) to (e) is applicable by virtue of Rule 76.5, the latter Rule shall, subject to item (iii) where a designated Office informs the International Bureau under paragraph (f) of Rule 49.6 that paragraphs a) to (e) of that Rule are not compatible with the national law applied by that Office, items (i) and (ii) of this paragraph shall apply in respect of that Office except that each reference in those items to the date January 1, 2003, shall be read as a reference to the date of entry into force of Rule 49.6a) to (e) in respect of that Office (Trb. 2004/42).2)