# Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 38: Date of filing

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The date of filing of a trade mark application shall be the date on which the documents containing the information specified in Article 37(1) are filed with the office by the applicant.
2. Member States may, in addition, provide that the accordance of the date of filing is to be subject to the payment of a fee as referred to in Article 37(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2015/2436/article/38 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2015-2436/article-38
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