
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1431 of 18 May 2017 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the European Union trade mark (repealed) 

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TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subject matter
Article 1 
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TITLE II
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Content of the application
Article 2 
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Representation of the trade mark
Article 3 
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Claiming priority
Article 4 
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Exhibition priority
Article 5 
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Claiming seniority of a national trade mark before registration of the EU trade mark
Article 6 
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Content of the publication of an application
Article 7 
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Division of the application
Article 8 
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TITLE III
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
Certificate of registration
Article 9 
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Content of the request for alteration of a registration
Article 10 
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Declaration of the division of a registration
Article 11 
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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
Article 12 
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TITLE IV
TRANSFER
Application for registration of a transfer
Article 13 
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Processing of applications for partial transfer
Article 14 
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TITLE V
SURRENDER
Surrender
Article 15 
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TITLE VI
EU COLLECTIVE MARKS AND CERTIFICATION MARKS
Content of regulations governing the use of EU collective marks
Article 16 
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Content of regulations governing the use of EU certification marks
Article 17 
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TITLE VII
COSTS
Maximum rates for costs
Article 18 
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TITLE VIII
PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS
Periodical publications
Article 19 
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TITLE IX
ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
Exchange of information between the Office and the authorities of the Member States
Article 20 
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Opening of files for inspection
Article 21 
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TITLE X
CONVERSION
Content of a request for conversion
Article 22 
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Content of the publication of a request for conversion
Article 23 
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TITLE XI
LANGUAGES
Filing of supporting documents in written proceedings
Article 24 
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Standard of translations
Article 25 
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Legal authenticity of translations
Article 26 
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TITLE XII
ORGANISATION OF THE OFFICE
Decisions of an Opposition Division or a Cancellation Division taken by a single member
Article 27 
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TITLE XIII
PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS
Form to be used for the filing of an international application
Article 28 
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Facts and decisions on invalidity to be notified to the International Bureau
Article 29 
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Request for territorial extension subsequent to international registration
Article 30 
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Form to be used for a request for territorial extension
Article 31 
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Seniority claims before the Office
Article 32 
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Notification of ex officio provisional refusals to the International Bureau
Article 33 
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Notification of invalidation of the effects of an international registration to the International Bureau
Article 34 
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Request for conversion of an international registration into a national trade mark application or into a designation of Member States
Article 35 
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Transformation of an international registration designating the Union into an EU trade mark application
Article 36 
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TITLE XIV
FINAL PROVISIONS
Transitional measures
Article 37 
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Entry into force and application
Article 38 
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