74.1

a) Where the furnishing of a translation of the international application is required by the elected Office under Article 39.1), the applicant shall, within the time limit applicable under Article 39.1), transmit a translation of any replacement sheet referred to in Rule 70.16 which is annexed to the international preliminary examination report, unless such sheet is in the language of the required translation of the international application. The same time limit shall apply where the furnishing of a translation of the international application to the elected Office must, because of a declaration made under Article 64.2.a)i), be effected within the time limit applicable under Article 22.

b) Where the furnishing under Article 39.1) of a translation of the international application is not required by the elected Office, that Office may require the applicant to furnish, within the time limit applicable under that Article, a translation into the language in which the international application was published of any replacement sheet referred to in Rule 70.16 which is annexed to the international preliminary examination report and is not in that language.