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  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "number": "4",
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  "text": "This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 March 2016.\nThe following points of Article 1 of this Regulation shall apply from 1 October 2017 :\npoints (8); (18) with the exception of paragraph 5b of Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (19); (20); (21); (22); (23); (24); (26) in so far as it relates to paragraph 1, point (d), and paragraph 3 of Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (29); (30) in so far it relates to paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (31) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (32) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1a, 4 and 6 of Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (33); (34); (35) in so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (37) in so far as it relates to paragraph 1, second sentence, and paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (43) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 2, 3, 4a and 8 of Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (46) in so far as it relates to paragraph 5, third sentence of Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (47) in so far as it relates to paragraph 1, first subparagraph, and paragraphs 2 to 5 of Article 48a of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (48) in so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Article 49 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (49) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (61); (62); (63); (64) in so far as it relates to paragraph 1 of Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (67) with the exception of paragraph 3 of Article 74b of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (68); (71) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 3 and 5 of Article 78 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (72) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 4 of Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (73) with the exception of paragraph 2 of Article 79b of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, and paragraph 5 of Article 79c of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (74) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Article 80 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (75) in so far as it relates to paragraph 2 of Article 82 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (76) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 82a of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (77), (78) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1, 6 and 7 of Article 85 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (80) in so far as it relates to point (m) of paragraph 2 and point (y) of paragraph 3 of Article 87 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (84) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Article 89 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (97) with the exception of paragraph 6 of Article 113 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (98); (102) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 5, 5a, 6, 8 and 9 of Article 119 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (103); (108) in so far as it relates to Article 128(4)(o) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (111) in so far as it relates to the third sentence in paragraph 2 of Article 132 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (113); (125); (126) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 and 3 to 8 of Article 147 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (127) in so far as it relates to paragraph 1 of Article 148a of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (128) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of Article 149 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (129) in so far as it relates to Article 153 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (130) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 5 of Article 153a of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (132) with the exception of paragraph 3 of Article 154a of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (135) in so far as it relates to paragraph 3 of Article 158 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (136); (137) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 4 to 9 of Article 159 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; (138) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 3 to 5 of Article 161 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009; and (139).\nPoint (108) of Article 1 of this Regulation, in so far as it relates to Articles 124(1)(h) and 128(4)(n) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, shall apply from the date on which the decision provided for in Article 124(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 enters into force, or 12 months following the date specified in the first paragraph of this Article, whichever is earlier. Until that date, the powers referred to in Article 124(1)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 shall be exercised by the Executive Director.",
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      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Official Journal of the European Union L 341 of 24 December 2015)."
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      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Official Journal of the European Union L 341 of 24 December 2015)."
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