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(2)(a) No national Office shall allow access to the international application by third parties,unless requested or authorized by the applicant, before the earliest of the following dates:(i) date of the international publication of the international application,(ii) date of the receipt of the communication of the international application under Article 20,(iii) date of the receipt of a copy of the international application under Article 22.(b) The provisions of subparagraph (a) shall not prevent any national Office from informingthird parties that it has been designated, or from publishing that fact. Such information orpublication may, however, contain only the following data: identification of the receivingOffice, name of the applicant, international filing date, international application number, andtitle of the invention.(c) The provisions of subparagraph (a) shall not prevent any designated Office from allowingaccess to the international application for the purposes of the judicial authorities.(3) The provisions of paragraph (2) (a) shall apply to any receiving Office except as far astransmittals provided for under Article 12 (1) are concerned.(4) For the purposes of this Article, the term »access« covers any means by which thirdparties may acquire cognizance, including individual communication and general publication,provided, however, that no national Office shall generally publish an international applicationor its translation before the international publication or, if international publication has nottaken place by the expiration of 20 months from the priority date, before the expiration of 20months from the said priority date.CHAPTER IIInternational Preliminary ExaminationArticle 31Demand for International Preliminary Examination(1) On the demand of the applicant, his international application shall be the subject of aninternational preliminary examination as provided in the following provisions and theRegulations.(2)(a) Any applicant who is a resident or national, as defined in the Regulations, of aContracting State bound by Chapter II, and whose international application has been filedwith the receiving Office of or acting for such State, may make a demand for internationalpreliminary examination.(b) The Assembly may decide to allow persons entitled to file international applications tomake a demand for international preliminary examination even if they are residents ornationals of a State not party to this Treaty or not bound by Chapter II.57