# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 of 5 March 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark, and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430 (revoked) EU Regulation 2018/625 ยท adopted 5 March 2018 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 of 5 March 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark, and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430 ## Introductory text Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 of 5 March 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark, and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430 (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: PROCEDURE FOR OPPOSITION AND PROOF OF USE ## 2 Notice of opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Use of languages in opposition proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Information to the parties to opposition proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Admissibility of the opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Commencement of the adversarial part of the opposition proceedings and prior closure of the proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Substantiation of the opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Examination of the opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Multiple oppositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Proof of use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: AMENDMENT OF THE APPLICATION ## 11 Amendment of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: REVOCATION AND INVALIDITY OR ASSIGNMENT ## 12 Application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Languages used in revocation or invalidity proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Information to the parties concerning an application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Admissibility of an application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Substantiation of an application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Examination on the merits of an application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Multiple applications for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Proof of use in relation to an application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Request for assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: APPEALS ## 21 Notice of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Statement of grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Admissibility of an appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Cross appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Reply and rejoinder in inter partes proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Examination of the appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Communications by the Board of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Comments on questions of general interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Reopening of the examination of absolute grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Examination of an appeal as a matter of priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Formal content of the Board of Appeal's decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Reimbursement of the appeal fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Revision and revocation of the decision subject to appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Allocation of an appeal to a Board and designation of a rapporteur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Cases falling under the authority of a single member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Referral to the Grand Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Change in the composition of a Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Deliberation, voting and signing of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Chairperson of a Board of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Rapporteur to a Board of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Order of seniority and replacement of members and chairpersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Exclusion and objection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Grand Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Presidium of the Boards of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 President of the Boards of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Applicability to appeal proceedings of provisions relating to other proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VI: ORAL PROCEEDINGS AND TAKING OF EVIDENCE ## 49 Summons to oral proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Languages of oral proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Oral evidence of parties, witnesses or experts and inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Commissioning of and opinions by experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Minutes of oral proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Costs of taking of evidence in oral proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Examination of written evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VII: NOTIFICATIONS BY THE OFFICE ## 56 General provisions on notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Notification by electronic means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Notification by post or courier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Notification by public notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Notification to representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Irregularities in notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Notification of documents in the case of several parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VIII: WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS AND FORMS ## 63 Communications to the Office in writing or by other means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Annexes to communications by post or courier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Communications by representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IX: TIME LIMITS ## 67 Calculation and duration of time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Extension of time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Expiry of time limits in special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title X: REVOCATION OF A DECISION ## 70 Revocation of a decision or entry in the Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title XI: SUSPENSION OF PROCEEDINGS ## 71 Suspension of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title XII: INTERRUPTION OF PROCEEDINGS ## 72 Resumption of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title XIII: REPRESENTATION ## 73 Appointment of a common representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Amendment of the list of professional representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title XIV: PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS ## 76 Collective and certification marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Opposition proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Notification of provisional refusals based on an opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Statement of grant of protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title XV: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 80 Transitional measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Entry into force and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/625 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-625 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.