LegalizeCommission Regulation (EC) No 876/2007 of 24 July 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs following the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs (1), and in particular Article 107(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs adopted on 2 July 1999 approved by Council Decision 2006/954/EC (2) and the amendments of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 linked thereto, it is necessary to adopt certain technical implementing measures.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 of 21 October 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs (3) should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 109 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 is amended as follows:
the following Article 11a is inserted:
‘Article 11a Examination of grounds for refusal (*1) OJ L 386, 29.12.2006, p. 28 ’;"
the following Article 22a is inserted:
‘Article 22a Renewals of international registration designating the Community The international registration shall be renewed directly at the International Bureau in compliance with Article 17 of the Geneva Act.’;
in Article 31, the following paragraph 6 is added:
‘6. Where the Office declares invalid the effects of an international registration in the territory of the Community; it shall notify its decision to the International Bureau upon becoming final.’;
in Article 47, the following paragraph 3 is added:
‘3. Communications between the Office and the International Bureau shall be in a mutually agreed manner and format, where possible by electronic means. Any reference to forms shall be construed as including forms available in electronic format.’;
in Article 71, the following paragraph 3 is added:
‘3. The Office shall provide information on international registrations of designs designating the Community in the form of an electronic link to the searchable database maintained by the International Bureau.’
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date on which the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs enters into force with respect to the European Community. The date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 July 2007.
For the Commission Charlie McCREEVY Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 3, 5.1.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1891/2006 (OJ L 386, 29.12.2006, p. 14).