Article 3 Competence of Authority (1) The Authority shall act as International Searching Authority for any international application filed with the receiving Office of, or acting for, any Contracting State specified in Annex A to this Agreement, provided that the receiving Office specifies the Authority for that purpose, that such application, or a translation thereof furnished for the purposes of international search, is in the language or one of the languages specified in Annex A to this Agreement and, where applicable, that the Authority has been chosen by the applicant.
4) L’Administration et le Bureau international, eu égard à leurs tâches respectives telles que prévues par le traité, le règlement d’exécution, les instructions administratives et le présent accord, se prêtent mutuellement assistance, dans la mesure qu’ils jugent l’un et l’autre appropriée, pour l’exécution desdites tâches.