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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/626 Article 4

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/626 Article 4

Claiming priority

Article 4

1.   Where the priority of one or more previous applications is claimed together with the application pursuant to Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001, the applicant shall indicate the file number of the previous application and file a copy of it within three months of the filing date. That copy shall state the date of filing of the previous application. 2.   Where the language of the previous application for which priority is claimed is not one of the languages of the Office, the applicant shall, if required by the Office, provide the Office with a translation of the previous application into the language of the Office used as the first or second language of the application, within a period specified by the Office. 3.   Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis where the priority claim relates to one or more previous registrations.

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