Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/626
of 5 March 2018
laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1431 (revoked)

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Regulation revoked (31.12.2020) by The Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/269), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 6; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 Subject matter
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TITLE II APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Article 2 Content of the application
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Article 3 Representation of the trade mark
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Article 4 Claiming priority
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Article 5 Exhibition priority
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Article 6 Claiming seniority of a national trade mark before registration of the EU trade mark
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Article 7 Content of the publication of an application
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Article 8 Division of the application
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TITLE III REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Article 9 Certificate of registration
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Article 10 Content of the request for alteration of a registration
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Article 11 Declaration of the division of a registration
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Article 12 Content of a request for the change of the name or address of the proprietor of an EU trade mark or of the applicant for an EU trade mark
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TITLE IV TRANSFER

Article 13 Application for registration of a transfer
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Article 14 Processing of applications for partial transfer
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TITLE V SURRENDER

Article 15 Surrender
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TITLE VI EU COLLECTIVE MARKS AND CERTIFICATION MARKS

Article 16 Content of regulations governing the use of EU collective marks
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Article 17 Content of regulations governing the use of EU certification marks
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TITLE VII COSTS

Article 18 Maximum rates for costs
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TITLE VIII PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS

Article 19 Periodical publications
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TITLE IX ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION

Article 20 Exchange of information between the Office and the authorities of the Member States
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Article 21 Opening of files for inspection
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TITLE X CONVERSION

Article 22 Content of a request for conversion
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Article 23 Content of the publication of a request for conversion
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TITLE XI LANGUAGES

Article 24 Filing of supporting documents in written proceedings
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Article 25 Standard of translations
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Article 26 Legal authenticity of translations
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TITLE XII ORGANISATION OF THE OFFICE

Article 27 Decisions of an Opposition Division or a Cancellation Division taken by a single member
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TITLE XIII PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS

Article 28 Form to be used for the filing of an international application
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Article 29 Facts and decisions on invalidity to be notified to the International Bureau
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Article 30 Request for territorial extension subsequent to international registration
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Article 31 Form to be used for a request for territorial extension
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Article 32 Seniority claims before the Office
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Article 33 Notification of ex officio provisional refusals to the International Bureau
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Article 34 Notification of invalidation of the effects of an international registration to the International Bureau
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Article 35 Request for conversion of an international registration into a national trade mark application or into a designation of Member States
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Article 36 Transformation of an international registration designating the Union into an EU trade mark application
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TITLE XIV FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 37 Transitional measures
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Article 38 Repeal
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Article 39 Entry into force and application
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