STATUS OF LONDON AGREEMENT
The London agreement defines the translation rules for validating European patents in the individual EPO member states. In the first below schedule you can see which countries have acceeded the London Agreement and which translation rules are valid in these countries. Country | Prescribed
language for
translation of Description | Requirements regarding translation of claims | | United Kingdom | None | Switzerland
Lichtenstein | Luxembourg
Monaco
France
Germany | Croatia
Denmark 1)
Iceland 1)
Netherlands1)
Sweden 1) |
English
| Croatian
Danish
Icelandic
Dutch
Swedish | Latvia
Slovenia
Lithuania | No translation
required | Latvian
Slovene
Lithuanian |
1) The description may also be supplied in the national language Other EPO member states (not having ratified the London Agreement) | | Austria | Greece | Poland | | Belgium | Hungary | Portugal | | Bulgaria | Ireland | Romania | | Cyprus | Italy | Slowak Republic | | Czech Republic | Spain | Turkey | | Estonia | Malta | Macedonia | | Finland | Norway | San Marino |
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