Rule 123

1. An application for conversion of an international registration designating the European Community into a designation of a Member State party to the Madrid Protocol or the Madrid Agreement pursuant to Article 154 of the Regulation shall contain the indications and elements referred to in Rule 122(1) and (2).

2. Rule 45 shall apply mutatis mutandis. The Office shall also reject the application for conversion where the conditions to designate the Member State which is a party to the Madrid Protocol or to the Madrid Agreement were not fulfilled both on the date of the designation of the European Community and the date on which the application for conversion was received or, pursuant to the second sentence of Article 109(1) of the Regulation, is deemed to have been received by the Office.

3. Rule 46(2)(a) and (c) shall apply mutatis mutandis. The publication of the application for conversion shall also contain the indication that conversion has been requested into a designation of a Member State party to the Madrid Protocol or the Madrid Agreement pursuant to Article 154 of the Regulation.

4. Where the application for conversion complies with the requirements of the Regulation and these Rules, the Office shall transmit it without delay to the International Bureau. The Office shall inform the holder of the international registration of the date of transmission.