11.1 General remarks 

All states party to the EPC at the filing date of the application application's filing date are deemed designated in the request for grant of a European patent (for a list of the EPC contracting states, see General Part, section 6). Any other state entered on the request for grant must be disregarded (for the designation of contracting states on the request for grant form, see A‑III, 11.2.2, A-III, 11.3.5 and A-III, 11.3.6). When the application is in the name of joint applicants, each may designate different contracting states (see A‑II, 2); objection is to be raised during the examination of formal requirements if there is any ambiguity as to the states designated by the individual applicants.