The Commission shall mark the documents making up the application with the date of its receipt and the file number of the application. The application shall be submitted to the Commission in paper or electronic form. The date of submission of the application to the Commission shall be the date on which the application is entered in the Commission's mail registry. This date and the traditional term are made available to the public by appropriate means.

The applicant shall receive an acknowledgement of receipt indicating at least:

1. (a)

   the file number;

2. (b)

   the traditional term;

3. (c)

   the number of the documents received; and

4. (d)

   the date of their receipt.