Rule 113

1. The notification of ex officio provisional refusal of protection of the international registration in whole or in part, pursuant to Rule 112, shall be sent to the International Bureau and shall contain:
(a) the number of the international registration;
(b) all the grounds on which the provisional refusal is based together with a reference to the corresponding provisions of the Regulation;
(c) the indication that the provisional refusal of protection will be confirmed by a decision of the Office if the holder of the international registration does not overcome the grounds for refusal by submitting his observations to the Office within a time limit of two months from the date on which the Offices issues the provisional refusal;
(d) if the provisional refusal relates to only part of the goods and services, the indication of those goods and services.

2. In respect of each notification of ex officio provisional refusal issued pursuant to paragraph 1, and provided that the time limit for entering an opposition has expired and that no provisional refusal based on an opposition has been issued pursuant to Rule 115(1), the Office shall inform the International Bureau as follows:
(a) where as the result of the proceedings before the Office the provisional refusal has been withdrawn, the fact that the mark is protected in the European Community;
(b) where a decision to refuse protection of the mark has become final, if applicable, following an appeal under Article 57 of the Regulation or an action under Article 63 of the Regulation, the Office shall inform the International Bureau that protection of the mark is refused in the European Community;
(c) where the refusal pursuant to subparagraph (a) or (b) concerns only part of the goods and services, the goods and services for which the mark is protected in the European Community.