Notice of appeal
Article 3
1. A notice of appeal filed in accordance with Article 33(4) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 shall contain the following: (a) the name and address of the appellant and the Member State or third country in which that appellant resides or is established. Names of natural persons shall be indicated by the person’s family name(s) and given name(s). Names of legal entities, as well as bodies falling under Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ) , shall be indicated by their official designation and include the legal form of the entity, which may be abbreviated in a customary manner. The company’s national identification number may also be specified if available. The Office may require the appellant to provide telephone numbers or other contact details for communication. Only one address shall, in principle, be indicated for each appellant. Where several addresses are indicated, only the address mentioned first shall be taken into account, except where the appellant designates one of the addresses as an address for service; (b) where the appellant has appointed a representative, the name and the business address of the representative; where the representative has more than one business address or where there are two or more representatives with different business addresses, only the first-mentioned address shall be taken into account as an address for service unless the notice of appeal indicates which address is to be used as an address for service; (c) a clear and unambiguous identification of the decision subject to appeal indicating the date on which it was issued and the file number of the proceedings to which the decision subject to appeal relates. 2. The notice of appeal shall be filed in any of the official Union languages. 3. As soon as the notice of appeal has been filed, the Board of Appeal shall notify it as applicable, to the defendant and to the competent authorities or single points of contact of the Member States where the defendant and the appellant reside or are established, in the official language as filed by the appellant, together with a verified machine translation of it, into the relevant official Union language of the respective Member States. In case the defendant resides or is established in a third country, the Board of Appeal shall notify the notice of appeal to the defendant or to the competent authority of the third country, as applicable, in the official language as filed, together with a verified machine translation of it, into the official Union language in which the first procedural step in the relevant proceedings before the Office was filed by the defendant.