Defence
Article 7
1. The Agency shall lodge the defence within two months from the expiry of the period for the Chairman to decide on the admissibility of the appeal set out in Article 93(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. The Registrar may, in exceptional circumstances, extend that time limit on a reasoned application by the Agency. 2. The defence shall contain: (a) where the Agency has appointed a representative, the name, business address and email address of the representative; (b) the pleas in law and the arguments of fact and law relied on; (c) where appropriate, the nature of any evidence offered and a statement explaining the facts for which the evidence is offered in support; (d) where appropriate, an indication as to what information in the defence is to be regarded as confidential and why. ————— 3. Where the Agency, despite being duly summoned, fails to lodge a defence, the proceedings shall continue without a defence.