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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/626 TITLE VI — EU COLLECTIVE MARKS AND CERTIFICATION MARKS

Article 16–Article 17 · 2 articles

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Content of regulations governing the use of EU collective marks

Article 16

The regulations governing EU collective marks referred to in Article 75(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 shall specify: (a) the name of the applicant; (b) the object of the association or the object for which the legal person governed by public law is constituted; (c) the bodies authorised to represent the association or the legal person governed by public law; (d) in the case of an association, the conditions for membership; (e) the representation of the EU collective mark; (f) the persons authorised to use the EU collective mark; (g) where appropriate, the conditions governing use of the EU collective mark, including sanctions; (h) the goods or services covered by the EU collective mark including, where appropriate, any limitation introduced as a consequence of the application of Article 7(1)(j), (k) or (l) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001; (i) where appropriate, the authorisation referred to in the second sentence of Article 75(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.

Content of regulations governing the use of EU certification marks

Article 17

The regulations governing use of EU certification marks referred to in Article 84 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 shall specify: (a) the name of the applicant; (b) a declaration that the applicant complies with the requirements laid down in Article 83(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001; (c) the representation of the EU certification mark; (d) the goods or services covered by the EU certification mark; (e) the characteristics of the goods or services to be certified by the EU certification mark, such as the material, mode of manufacture of goods or performance of services, quality or accuracy; (f) the conditions governing the use of the EU certification mark, including sanctions; (g) the persons authorised to use the EU certification mark; (h) how the certifying body is to test those characteristics and to supervise the use of the EU certification mark.

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