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The international application PCT-A was filed in English on July 7, 2022, claiming priority from the Norwegian patent application filed on July 10, 2021. The EPO is the RO and ISA. The applicant is No-A, the parent company of a large multinational company. The application has 14 claims. On February 2, 2024, the applicant entered the EPO national phase by paying the application and examination fees and filed a request for examination of the Euro-PCT application in Norwegian. Today is February 3, 2024.

Which of the following statements is correct?

• a. The applicant does not need to take any further action before the EPO can examine the application as a Euro-PCT application.
• b. The applicant is entitled to a 30% reduction in the examination fee because the request for examination is filed in Norwegian.