Rule 105

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1. The Office shall invite the applicant requesting the territorial extension subsequent to the international registration, as referred to in Article 144 of the Regulation, to remedy any of the following deficiencies within such time limit as it may specify:
(a) the request for territorial extension is not filed on one of the form referred to Rule 102(1) and (2) and does not contain all the indications and information required by that form;
(b) the request for territorial extension does not indicate the number of the international registration to which it relates;
(c) the list of goods and services is not covered by the list of goods and services contained in the international registration; or
(d) according to the indications made in the international form, the applicant requesting the territorial extension is not entitled to make a designation subsequent to the international registration through the Office in accordance with Articles 2(1)(ii) and Article 3 ter (2) of the Madrid Protocol,


2. If the deficiencies referred to in paragraph 1 are not remedied within the time limit fixed by the Office, the Office will take a decision refusing to forward the request for territorial extension made subsequently to the international registration to the International Bureau.


3. The Office shall inform the applicant requesting the territorial extension of the date on which the request for territorial extension is received by the Office.


4. The Office shall forward the request for territorial extension made subsequently to the international registration to the International Bureau as soon as the deficiencies referred to in paragraph 1 of this Rule have been remedied and the requirements of Article 144 of the Regulation are complied with.