a) Translation 

In T 193/87 (OJ 1993, 207) the board found that if a notice of opposition was filed in a language of a contracting state other than an official language of the EPO and the prescribed translation was not filed in due time (Art. 14(4) and (5) EPC 1973; Art. 14(4) EPC), the notice should be deemed not to have been received, and the opposition fee was to be refunded (following T 323/87, OJ 1989, 343). Since the opposition had not come into effect, there was no question of examining its admissibility under R. 56(1) EPC 1973 (R. 77(1) EPC).