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To carry out the procedures laid down in this Convention, the following shall be set up within the European Patent Office:
(a) a Receiving Section;
(b) Search Divisions;
(c) Examining Divisions;
(d) Opposition Divisions;
(e) a Legal Division;
(f) Boards of Appeal;
(g) an Enlarged Board of Appeal.
13See opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal G 1/02 (Annex I).
