# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/626 of 5 March 2018 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1431 (revoked) EU Regulation 2018/626 ยท adopted 5 March 2018 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/626 of 5 March 2018 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1431 ## Introductory text Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/626 of 5 March 2018 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1431 (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: APPLICATION PROCEDURE ## 2 Content of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Representation of the trade mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Claiming priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Exhibition priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Claiming seniority of a national trade mark before registration of the EU trade mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Content of the publication of an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Division of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: REGISTRATION PROCEDURE ## 9 Certificate of registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Content of the request for alteration of a registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Declaration of the division of a registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Content of a request for the change of the name or address of the proprietor of an EU trade mark or of the applicant for an EU trade mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: TRANSFER ## 13 Application for registration of a transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Processing of applications for partial transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: SURRENDER ## 15 Surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VI: EU COLLECTIVE MARKS AND CERTIFICATION MARKS ## 16 Content of regulations governing the use of EU collective marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Content of regulations governing the use of EU certification marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VII: COSTS ## 18 Maximum rates for costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VIII: PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS ## 19 Periodical publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IX: ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION ## 20 Exchange of information between the Office and the authorities of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Opening of files for inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title X: CONVERSION ## 22 Content of a request for conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Content of the publication of a request for conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title XI: LANGUAGES ## 24 Filing of supporting documents in written proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Standard of translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Legal authenticity of translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title XII: ORGANISATION OF THE OFFICE ## 27 Decisions of an Opposition Division or a Cancellation Division taken by a single member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title XIII: PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS ## 28 Form to be used for the filing of an international application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Facts and decisions on invalidity to be notified to the International Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Request for territorial extension subsequent to international registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Form to be used for a request for territorial extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Seniority claims before the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Notification of ex officio provisional refusals to the International Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Notification of invalidation of the effects of an international registration to the International Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Request for conversion of an international registration into a national trade mark application or into a designation of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Transformation of an international registration designating the Union into an EU trade mark application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title XIV: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 37 Transitional measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Entry into force and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/626 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-626 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.