Rule 83

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(1) The Office shall make available to the public free of charge forms for the purposes of:
(a) filing an application for a Community trade mark, including where appropriate a request for the search report;
(b) entering an opposition;
(c) applying for revocation or declaration of invalidity;
(d) applying for the registration of a transfer and the transfer form and transfer document provided for in Rule 31(5);
(e) applying for the registration of a licence;
(f) applying for the renewal of a Community trade mark;
(g) making an appeal;
(h) authorising a representative, in the form of an individual authorisation or a general authorisation;
(i) submitting an international application or a subsequent designation under the Madrid Protocol to the Office.


(2) Parties to the proceedings before the Office may also use
(a) forms established under the Trademark Law Treaty or pursuant to recommendations of the Assembly of the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property;
(b) with the exception of the form referred to in point (i) of paragraph 1, forms with the same content and format.

 

(3) The Office shall make available the forms referred to in paragraph 1 in all the official languages for the Community.