S.L. 379.11 Art. 9Requests made by the Office where acts as the applicant authority.

(1) A request made by the Office, where it acts as the it applicant authority pursuant to regulations 6(5) or 7(4) or (5), shall be drawn up in the Form prescribed in the Schedule and shall be accompanied by a copy of the document, act or decision to be notified or enforced.

(2) The prescribed form referred to in the preceding sub-regulation shall be sent to the requested authority in the official language, or in one of the official languages of its Member States, unless the Office and the requested authority bilaterally agree on a case by case basis, that the said form may be sent in another language.

(3) Where required under the national law of the Member State of the requested authority, the Office, where the Office acts as the applicant authority pursuant to regulations 6(5) or 7(4) or (5), it shall provide a translation of the act, document or decision to be notified or enforced into one of the official languages of the Member State of the requested authority, without prejudice to the right of the Office and the requested authority to bilaterally agree, on a case by case basis, that such translation may be provided in a different language.

(4) Where the Office acts as an applicant authority, and on the request of the requested authority, it shall bear all reasonable additional costs in full, including translation, labour and administrative costs, in relation to actions taken on its behalf by the requested authority as referred to in regulations 5(1),(2), and (5) or 6(5).