Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

A Community trade mark application in respect of which a notification described in Rule 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 in its version in force before the date of entry into force of this Regulation has been sent before that date shall continue to be subject to Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 and Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 in their versions in force before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

An international application or a request for territorial extension designating the European Community which has been filed before the day on which the amounts mentioned in Article 11(3), points (a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 in its version as amended by this Regulation take effect according to Article 8(7)(b) of the Madrid Protocol shall continue to be subject to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 in its version in force before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.