= Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (RoP) =

== Rule 14 ==

=== Language of the Statement of claim ===

 1. Without prejudice to [[UPCA_049|Article 49]](3)(4) and (6) of the Agreement and subject to [[UPCA_RoP_014|Rule 14.2]] the Statement of claim shall be drawn up 

  (a) in the official language or one of the official languages designated as language(s) of proceedings pursuant to [[UPCA_049|Article 49]](1) of the Agreement or <<BR>>
  (b) in one of the languages designated as language(s) of proceedings pursuant to [[UPCA_049|Article 49]](2) of the Agreement. 

 2. Where a Contracting Member State hosting a local division or Contracting Member State sharing a regional division has/have designated two or more languages of proceedings pursuant to [[UPCA_049|Article 49]](1) and/or [[UPCA_049|Article 49]](2) of the Agreement the Statement of claim shall be drawn up in the language in which the defendant normally conducts its business in its Contracting Member State. 

 3. Subject to [[UPCA_049|Article 49]](5) and Rules [[UPCA_RoP_321|Rule 321]] to [[UPCA_RoP_323|Rule 323]] the language of the Statement of claim shall be the language of proceedings and without prejudice to Rule [[UPCA_RoP_016|Rule 16.5]] the Registry shall return any pleading lodged in a language other than the language of the proceedings. 

== Notes ==

Relation with Agreement:[[UPCA_049|Article 49]]

'''Status:''' [[UPCA_RoP_15th_Draft|15th draft of 31st May 2013]]