# Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (codification) (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Regulation 2017/1001 · adopted 14 June 2017 Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (codification) (Text with EEA relevance) ## Introductory text Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (codification) (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 EU trade mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Capacity to act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: THE LAW RELATING TO TRADE MARKS ### Section 1: Definition of an EU trade mark and obtaining an EU trade mark ## 4 Signs of which an EU trade mark may consist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Persons who can be proprietors of EU trade marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Means whereby an EU trade mark is obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Absolute grounds for refusal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Relative grounds for refusal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Effects of an EU trade mark ## 9 Rights conferred by an EU trade mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Right to prohibit preparatory acts in relation to the use of packaging or other means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Date from which rights against third parties prevail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Reproduction of an EU trade mark in a dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Prohibition of the use of an EU trade mark registered in the name of an agent or representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Limitation of the effects of an EU trade mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Exhaustion of the rights conferred by an EU trade mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Intervening right of the proprietor of a later registered trade mark as a defence in infringement proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Complementary application of national law relating to infringement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Use of an EU trade mark ## 18 Use of an EU trade mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: EU trade marks as objects of property ## 19 Dealing with EU trade marks as national trade marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Transfer of a trade mark registered in the name of an agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Rights in rem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Levy of execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Insolvency proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Procedure for entering licences and other rights in the Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Effects vis-à-vis third parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 The application for an EU trade mark as an object of property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Procedure for cancelling or modifying the entry in the Register of licences and other rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: APPLICATION FOR EU TRADE MARKS ### Section 1: Filing of applications and the conditions which govern them ## 30 Filing of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Conditions with which applications must comply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Date of filing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Designation and classification of goods and services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Priority ## 34 Right of priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Claiming priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Effect of priority right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Equivalence of Union filing with national filing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Exhibition priority ## 38 Exhibition priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Seniority of a national trade mark ## 39 Claiming seniority of a national trade mark in an application for an EU trade mark or subsequent to the filing of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Claiming seniority of a national trade mark after registration of an EU trade mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: REGISTRATION PROCEDURE ### Section 1: Examination of applications ## 41 Examination of the conditions of filing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Examination as to absolute grounds for refusal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Search ## 43 Search report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Publication of the application ## 44 Publication of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Observations by third parties and opposition ## 45 Observations by third parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Examination of opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Delegation of powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: Withdrawal, restriction, amendment and division of the application ## 49 Withdrawal, restriction and amendment of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Division of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 6: Registration ## 51 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: DURATION, RENEWAL, ALTERATION AND DIVISION OF EU TRADE MARKS ## 52 Duration of registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Alteration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Change of the name or address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Division of the registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: SURRENDER, REVOCATION AND INVALIDITY ### Section 1: Surrender ## 57 Surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Grounds for revocation ## 58 Grounds for revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Grounds for invalidity ## 59 Absolute grounds for invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Relative grounds for invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Limitation in consequence of acquiescence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Consequences of revocation and invalidity ## 62 Consequences of revocation and invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: Proceedings in the office in relation to revocation or invalidity ## 63 Application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Examination of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Delegation of powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: APPEALS ## 66 Decisions subject to appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Persons entitled to appeal and to be parties to appeal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Time limit and form of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Revision of decisions in ex parte cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Examination of appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Decisions in respect of appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Actions before the Court of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Delegation of powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VIII: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON EUROPEAN UNION COLLECTIVE MARKS AND CERTIFICATION MARKS ### Section 1: EU collective marks ## 74 EU collective marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Regulations governing use of an EU collective mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Refusal of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Observations by third parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Use of marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Amendment of the regulations governing use of the EU collective mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Persons who are entitled to bring an action for infringement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Grounds for revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Grounds for invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: EU certification marks ## 83 EU certification marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Regulations governing use of an EU certification mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 Refusal of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Observations by third parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Use of the EU certification mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Amendment of the regulations governing use of the EU certification mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Persons who are entitled to bring an action for infringement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 Grounds for revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Grounds for invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IX: PROCEDURE ### Section 1: General provisions ## 94 Decisions and communications of the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Examination of the facts by the Office of its own motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 96 Oral proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 97 Taking of evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 99 Notification of loss of rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 100 Communications to the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 101 Time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Correction of errors and manifest oversights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 103 Revocation of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 104 Restitutio in integrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 Continuation of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 Interruption of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 107 Reference to general principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 108 Termination of financial obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Costs ## 109 Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 110 Enforcement of decisions fixing the amount of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Information which may be made available to the public and to the authorities of the Member States ## 111 Register of EU trade marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 112 Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 113 Online access to decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 114 Inspection of files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 115 Keeping of files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 116 Periodical publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 117 Administrative cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 118 Exchange of publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Representation ## 119 General principles of representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 120 Professional representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 121 Delegation of powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter X: JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE IN LEGAL ACTIONS RELATING TO EU TRADE MARKS ### Section 1: Application of Union rules on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters ## 122 Application of Union rules on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Disputes concerning the infringement and validity of EU trade marks ## 123 EU trade mark courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 124 Jurisdiction over infringement and validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 125 International jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 126 Extent of jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 127 Presumption of validity — Defence as to the merits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 128 Counterclaims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 129 Applicable law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 130 Sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 131 Provisional and protective measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 132 Specific rules on related actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 133 Jurisdiction of EU trade mark courts of second instance — Further appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Other disputes concerning EU trade marks ## 134 Supplementary provisions on the jurisdiction of national courts other than EU trade mark courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 135 Obligation of the national court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XI: EFFECTS ON THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES ### Section 1: Civil actions on the basis of more than one trade mark ## 136 Simultaneous and successive civil actions on the basis of EU trade marks and national trade marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Application of national laws for the purpose of prohibiting the use of EU trade marks ## 137 Prohibition of use of EU trade marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 138 Prior rights applicable to particular localities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Conversion into a national trade mark application ## 139 Request for the application of national procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 140 Submission, publication and transmission of the request for conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 141 Formal requirements for conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XII: THE OFFICE ### Section 1: General provisions ## 142 Legal status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 143 Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 144 Privileges and immunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 145 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 146 Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 147 Publication and entries in the Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 148 Translation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 149 Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 150 Security rules on the protection of classified and sensitive non-classified information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Tasks of the office and cooperation to promote convergence ## 151 Tasks of the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 152 Cooperation to promote convergence of practices and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Management Board ## 153 Functions of the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 154 Composition of the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 155 Chairperson of the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 156 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Executive Director ## 157 Functions of the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 158 Appointment and removal of the Executive Director and extension of term of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: Implementation of procedures ## 159 Competence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 160 Examiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 161 Opposition Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 162 Department in charge of the Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 163 Cancellation Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 164 General Competence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 165 Boards of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 166 Independence of the members of the Boards of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 167 Presidium of the Boards of Appeal and Grand Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 168 Delegation of powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 169 Exclusion and objection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 170 Mediation centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 6: Budget and financial control ## 171 Budget Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 172 Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 173 Preparation of the budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 174 Audit and control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 175 Combating fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 176 Auditing of accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 177 Financial provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 178 Fees and charges and due date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 179 Payment of fees and charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 180 Deemed date of payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 181 Insufficient payments and refund of insignificant amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XIII: INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS ### Section I: General provisions ## 182 Application of provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: International registration on the basis of applications for an EU trade mark and of EU trade marks ## 183 Filing of an international application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 184 Form and contents of the international application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 185 Recordal in the files and in the Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 186 Notification of the invalidity of the basic application or registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 187 Request for territorial extension subsequent to international registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 188 International fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: International registrations designating the Union ## 189 Effects of international registrations designating the Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 190 Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 191 Seniority claimed in an international application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 192 Seniority claimed before the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 193 Designation of goods and services and examination as to absolute grounds for refusal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 194 Collective and certification marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 195 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 196 Opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 197 Replacement of an EU trade mark by an international registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 198 Invalidation of the effects of an international registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 199 Legal effect of registration of transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 200 Legal effect of registration of licences and other rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 201 Examination of requests for registration of transfers, licences or restrictions of a holder's right of disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 202 Conversion of a designation of the Union through an international registration into a national trade mark application or into a designation of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 203 Use of a mark subject of an international registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 204 Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 205 Communication with the International Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 206 Use of languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XIV: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 207 Committee Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 208 Exercise of the delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 209 Provisions relating to the enlargement of the Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 210 Evaluation and review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 211 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 212 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: AMOUNT OF FEES ## A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Fees to be paid to the International Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## I Individual fee for an international registration designating the Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 The amount of the fee under points B.I.1 or B.I.2 shall be the equivalent in Swiss Francs, as established by the Director-General of the WIPO pursuant to Rule 35(2) of the Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol, of the following amounts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Individual fee for a renewal of an international registration designating the Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 The amount of the fee referred to in point B.II.1 shall be the equivalent in Swiss Francs, as established by the Director-General of the WIPO pursuant to Rule 35(2) of the Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol, of the following amounts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II Repealed Regulation with list of its successive amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III Correlation table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1001 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1001 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.