12. Transmittal of the search report and written opinion 

The EPO forwards one copy of the search report or the declaration under Art. 17(2)(a) and of the written opinion to the IB and one copy to the applicant. Copies of all the cited documents are made available to the applicant (see EPC Guidelines B‑X, 12 and B‑X, 11.1), including machine translations annexed to the written opinion (when appropriate, see EPC Guidelines B‑X, 9.1.3) and those documents appearing after the "&" sign and designated to be copied and sent to the applicant (see EPC Guidelines B‑X, 11.3).