Article 3

For rule 7 substitute—

“Classification of goods and services; s 34

7.

(1)

The prescribed system of classification for the purposes of the registration of trade marks is the Nice Classification.

(2)

When a trade mark is registered it shall be classified according to the version of the Nice Classification that had effect on the date of application for registration.

(3)

In these Rules—

(a)

the “Nice Agreement” means the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of 15th June 1957, which was last amended on 28th September 1979; and

(b)

the “Nice Classification” means the system of classification under the Nice Agreement.”.