Rule 4

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1. [Address Where a Representative Is Appointed] Where a representative is appointed, a Contracting Party shall consider the address of that representative to be the address for service.

2. [Address Where No Representative Is Appointed] Where no representative is appointed and an applicant, holder or other interested person has provided as its address an address on the territory of the Contracting Party, that Contracting Party shall consider that address to be the address for service.

3. [Time Limit] The time limit referred to in Article 4(3)(d) shall be counted from the date of receipt of the communication referred to in that Article by the Office of the Contracting Party concerned and shall not be less than one month where the address of the person on whose behalf the communication is made is on the territory of that Contracting Party and not less than two months where such an address is outside the territory of that Contracting Party.