Language of proceedings at the Court of Appeal
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The language of proceedings before the Court of Appeal shall be the language of proceedings before the Court of First Instance.
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Notwithstanding paragraph 1 the parties may agree on the use of the language in which the patent was granted as the language of proceedings.
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In exceptional cases and to the extent deemed appropriate, the Court of Appeal may decide on another official language of a Contracting Member State as the language of proceedings for the whole or part of the proceedings, subject to agreement by the parties.