Rule 12

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The publication of the application shall contain:
(a) the applicant's name and address;
(b) where applicable, the name and business address of the representative appointed by the applicant other than a representative falling within the first sentence of Article 88 (3) of the Regulation; if there is more than one representative with the same business address, only the name and business address of the first-named representative shall be published and it shall be followed by the words ‘and others’; if there are two or more representatives with different business addresses, only the address for service determined pursuant to Rule 1 (1) (e) shall be published; where an association of representatives is appointed under Rule 76 (9), only the name and business address of the association shall be published;
(c) the reproduction of the mark, together with the elements and descriptions referred to in Rule 3; where the reproduction of the mark is in colour or contains colours, the publication shall be in colour and shall indicate the colour or colours making up the mark, as well as, where applicable, the colour code indicated;
(d) the list of goods and services, grouped according to the classes of the Nice classification, each group being preceded by the number of the class of that classification to which that group of goods or services belongs, and presented in the order of the classes of that classification;
(e) the date of filing and the file number;
(f) where applicable, particulars of the claim of priority pursuant to Article 30 of the Regulation;
(g) where applicable, particulars of the claim of exhibition priority pursuant to Article 33 of the Regulation;
(h) where applicable, particulars of the claim of seniority pursuant to Article 34 of the Regulation;
(i) where applicable, a statement that the mark has become distinctive in consequence of the use which has been made of it, pursuant to Article 7 (3) of the Regulation;
(j) where applicable, a statement that the application is for a Community collective mark;
(k) [deleted, editor IP-PorTal]
(l) the language in which the application was filed and the second language which the applicant has indicated pursuant to Article 115 (3) of the Regulation;
(m) where applicable, a statement that the application results from a transformation of an international registration designating the European Community pursuant to Article 156 of the Regulation, together with the date of the international registration pursuant to Article 3(4) of the Madrid Protocol or the date on which the territorial extension to the European Community made subsequently to the international registration pursuant to Article 3 ter (2) of the Madrid Protocol was recorded and, where applicable, the date of priority of the international registration.