11.1

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(a)  Subject to the provisions of paragraph(b), the international application and each of the documents referred to in the check list (Rule 3.3(a) (ii)) shall be filed in one copy.

(b)  Any receiving Office may require that the international application and any of the documents referred to in the check list (Rule 3.3(a) (ii)), except the receipt for the fees paid or the check for the payment of the fees, be filed in two or three copies. In that case, the receiving Office shall be responsible for verifying the identity of the second and the third copies with the record copy.