The Council (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark ; implemented by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 of 13 December 1995. It contains thirteen chapters :
- Title I : General provisions
- Title II : The law relating to trade marks
- Section 1 : Definition of a community trade mark - obtaining a community trade mark (Articles 4 to 8)
- Section 2 : Effects of community trade marks (Articles 9 to 14)
- Section 3 : Use of community trade marks (Article 15)
- Section 4 : Community trade marks as objects of property (Articles 16 to 24)
- Title III : Application for community trade marks
- Section 1 : Filing of applications and the conditions which govern them (Articles 25 to 28)
- Section 2 : Priority (Articles 29 to 32)
- Section 3 : Exhibition priority (Article 33)
- Section 4 : Claiming the seniority of a national trade mark (Articles 34 to 35)
- Title IV : Registration procedure
- Section 1 : Examination of applications (Articles 36 to 38)
- Section 2 : Search (Article 39)
- Section 3 : Publication of the application (Article 40)
- Section 4 : Observations by third parties and opposition (Articles 41 to 43)
- Section 5 : Withdrawal, restriction and amendment of the application (Article 44)
- Section 6 : Registration (Article 45)
- Title V : Duration, renewal and alteration of community trade marks (Articles 46 to 48)
- Title VI : Surrender, revocation and invalidity
- Section 1 : Surrender (Article 49)
- Section 2 : Grounds for revocation (Article 50)
- Section 3 : Grounds for invalidity (Articles 51 to 53)
- Section 4 : Consequences of revocation and invalidity (Article 54)
- Section 5 : Proceedings in the office in relation to revocation or invalidity (Articles 55 and 56)
- Title VII : Appeals (Articles 57 to 63)
- Title VIII : Community collective marks (Articles 64 to 72)
- Title IX : Procedure
- Section 1 : General provisions (Articles 73 to 80)
- Section 2 : Costs (Articles 81 and 82)
- Section 3 : Information of the public and of the official authorities of the member states (Articles 83 to 87)
- Section 4 : Representation (Articles 88 and 89)
- Title X : Jurisdiction and procedure in legal actions relating to community trade marks
- Section 1 : Application of the convention on jurisdiction and enforcement (Article 90)
- Section 2 : Disputes concerning the infringement and validity of community trade marks (Articles 91 to 101)
- Section 3 : Other disputes concerning community trade marks (Articles 102 to 103)
- Section 4 : Transitional provision (Article 104)
- Title XI : Effects on the laws of the member states
- Section 1 : Civil actions on the basis of more than one trade mark (Article 105)
- Section 2 : Application of national laws for the purpose of prohibiting the use of community trade marks (Articles 106 and 107)
- Section 3 : Conversion into a national trade mark application (Articles 108 to 110)
- Title XII : The office
- Section 1 : General provisions (Articles 111 to 118)
- Section 2 : Management of the office (Articles 119 and 120)
- Section 3 : Administrative board (Articles 121 to 124)
- Section 4 : Implementation of procedures (Articles 125 to 132)
- Section 5 : Budget and financial control (Articles 133 to 139)
- Title XIII : Final provisions (Articles 140 to 143)
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