Potrditev Ob upoštevanju tretjega odstavka lahko pogodbenica zahteva, da urad, pri katerem je bila prejšnja prijava vložena, overi kopijo iz prvega odstavka in datum vložitve prejšnje prijave kot pravilna.
[ Certification ] Subject to paragraph (3), a Contracting Party may require that the copy referred to in paragraph (1) and the date of filing of the earlier application be certified as correct by the Office with which the earlier application was filed.