# The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, Regulation 56


(1) Article 9 (lodging of an application for a certificate) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph 1 substitute—
“1. An application for a certificate (or an extension of the duration of a certificate) shall be lodged with the comptroller..”.
(3) In the introductory words of paragraph 2, for “the authority referred to in paragraph 1”, substitute “the comptroller”.
(4) For sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) of paragraph 2, substitute—
“(d) the number and date of the UK authorisation and the product identified in that authorisation;
(e) where there are authorisations granted in the EEA before the UK authorisation, the number and date of the earliest EEA authorisation;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111175347/regulation/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-patents-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2018/regulation-56
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