Paragraph 1

In Article 70—

(a)

in the first paragraph—

(i)

for “shall” in the first place it occurs substitute “may”;

(ii)

for “Member State” substitute “State”;

(iii)

for “The request shall be” substitute “There is no requirement to consider a request unless it is”;

(iv)

for “. The request shall indicate” substitute “ and the request indicates”;

(v)

for “. The claims shall be” substitute “and the claim is”;

(vi)

for “Member States” in the first place it occurs substitute “States”;

(b)

omit the second, third and fourth paragraphs;

(c)

in the fourth paragraph—

(i)

for “Member State” in both places it occurs substitute “State”;

(ii)

omit the final sentence.