[ Availability of Earlier Application or of Previously Filed Application ] No Contracting Party shall require the filing of a copy or a certified copy of the earlier application or a certification of the filing date, as referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), and Rule 2(4), or a copy or a certified copy of the previously filed application as referred to in Rule 2(5)(b), where the earlier application or the previously filed application was filed with its Office, or is available to that Office from a digital library which is accepted by the Office for that purpose.
Možnost dostopa do prejšnje prijave ali predhodno vložene prijave Nobena pogodbenica ne more zahtevati predložitve kopije ali overjene kopije prejšnje prijave ali overitve datuma vložitve, kot je omenjeno v prvem in drugem odstavku tega pravila in v četrtem odstavku 2. pravila, ali predložitve kopije ali overjene kopije predhodno vložene prijave, kot je omenjeno v pododstavku (b) petega odstavka 2. pravila, če je bila prejšnja prijava ali predhodno vložena prijava vložena pri njenem uradu ali ima ta urad dostop do nje prek digitalne knjižnice, ki jo urad sprejema za ta namen.