translate English to French: (1) [Further Processing of Application] (a) Where an application is to be, or has been, refused or considered withdrawn or abandoned following failure to comply with a time limit fixed by the Office for an action before the Office, the Office shall not proceed with, or shall retract, the refusal, withdrawal or abandonment of the said application, upon request for further processing of that application made, within the time limit prescribed in the Regulations, in a communication to the Office signed by the applicant or other person submitting, or entitled to prosecute, the application or his representative, provided that all of the requirements in respect of which the time limit fixed by the Office applied are complied with within the time limit prescribed in the Regulations and provided that no Contracting Party shall be required to grant further processing where any maximum time limit established by law for the fixing of the time limit by the Office has expired.
Poursuite de la procédure; rétablissement des droits