Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (codification) (Text with EEA relevance)

(e) the tasks conferred on it under Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (¹²).

Article 152

Cooperation to promote convergence of practices and tools

Without prejudice to paragraph 3, this cooperation shall in particular cover the following areas of activity:

(a) the development of common examination standards;

(b) the creation of common or connected databases and portals for Union-wide consultation, search and classification purposes;

(c) the continuous provision and exchange of data and information, including for the purposes of feeding of the databases and portals referred to in point (b);

(d) the establishment of common standards and practices, with a view to ensuring interoperability between procedures and systems throughout the Union and enhancing their consistency, efficiency and effectiveness;

(e) the sharing of information on industrial property rights and procedures, including mutual support to helpdesks and information centres;

(f) the exchange of technical expertise and assistance in relation to the areas referred to in points (a) to (e).

The project definition shall contain the specific obligations and responsibilities of each participating industrial property office of the Member States, the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property and the Office. The Office shall consult with user representatives in particular in the phases of definition of the projects and evaluation of their results.

When making use of the possibilities provided for in the first subparagraph, the central industrial property offices of the Member States and the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property shall provide the Office with a written statement explaining the reasons for their decision.

SECTION 3

Management Board

Article 153

Functions of the Management Board

Without prejudice to the functions attributed to the Budget Committee in Section 6, the Management Board shall have the following functions:

(a) on the basis of a draft submitted by the Executive Director in accordance with Article 157(4)(c), adopting the annual work programme of the Office for the coming year, taking into account the opinion of the Commission, and forwarding the adopted annual work programme to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Commission;

(b) on the basis of a draft submitted by the Executive Director in accordance with Article 157(4)(e) and taking into account the opinion of the Commission, adopting a multiannual strategic programme for the Office, including the Office's strategy for international cooperation, following an exchange of views between the Executive Director and the relevant committee in the European Parliament, and forwarding the adopted multiannual strategic programme to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Commission;

(c) on the basis of a draft submitted by the Executive Director in accordance with Article 157(4)(g), adopting the annual report and forwarding the adopted annual report to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the Commission and to the Court of Auditors;

(d) on the basis of a draft submitted by the Executive Director in accordance with Article 157(4)(h), adopting the multiannual staff policy plan;

(e) exercising the powers conferred on it under Article 152(2);

(f) exercising the powers conferred on it under Article 172(5);

(g) adopting rules on the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in the Office;

(h) in accordance with paragraph 2, exercising, with respect to the staff of the Office, the powers conferred by the Staff Regulations on the Appointing Authority and by the Conditions of Employment on the Authority Empowered to Conclude Contracts of Employment (‘the appointing authority powers’);

(i) adopting appropriate implementing rules to give effect to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment in accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations;

(j) drawing up the list of candidates provided for in Article 158(2);

(k) ensuring adequate follow-up to the findings and recommendations stemming from the internal or external audit reports and evaluations referred to in Article 210, as well as from investigations of the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF);

(l) being consulted before adoption of the guidelines for examination in the Office and in the other cases provided for in this Regulation;

(m) providing opinions and requests for information to the Executive Director and to the Commission where it considers it necessary;

(n) adopting the rules of procedure of the Advisory Board referred to in Article 35(8) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411.

The Executive Director shall be authorised to sub-delegate those powers.

Where exceptional circumstances so require, the Management Board may, by way of a decision, temporarily suspend the delegation of the appointing authority powers to the Executive Director and those sub-delegated by the latter, and exercise them itself or delegate them to one of its members or to a staff member other than the Executive Director.

Article 154

Composition of the Management Board

Article 155

Chairperson of the Management Board

Article 156

Meetings

SECTION 4

Executive Director

Article 157

Functions of the Executive Director

The Executive Director shall have in particular the following functions, which may be delegated:

(a) taking all necessary steps, including the adoption of internal administrative instructions and the publication of notices, to ensure the functioning of the Office;

(b) implementing the decisions adopted by the Management Board;

(c) preparing a draft annual work programme indicating estimated human and financial resources for each activity, and submitting it to the Management Board after consultation of the Commission;

(d) submitting to the Management Board proposals pursuant to Article 152(2);

(e) preparing a draft multiannual strategic programme, including the Office's strategy for international cooperation, and submitting it to the Management Board after consultation of the Commission and following an exchange of views with the relevant committee in the European Parliament;

(f) implementing the annual work programme and the multiannual strategic programme and reporting to the Management Board on their implementation;

(g) preparing the annual report on the Office's activities and presenting it to the Management Board for approval;

(h) preparing a draft multiannual staff policy plan and submitting it to the Management Board after consultation of the Commission;

(i) preparing an action plan following-up on the conclusions of the internal or external audit reports and evaluations, as well as following up on the investigations of the OLAF, and reporting on progress twice a year to the Commission and to the Management Board;

(j) protecting the financial interests of the Union by the application of preventive measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, by effective checks and, if irregularities are detected, by recovering amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, by imposing effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative and financial penalties;

(k) preparing an anti-fraud strategy for the Office and presenting it to the Budget Committee for approval;

(l) in order to ensure uniform application of the Regulation, referring, where appropriate, to the enlarged Board of Appeal (‘the Grand Board’) questions on a point of law, in particular if the Boards of Appeal have issued diverging decisions on the point;

(m) drawing up estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the Office and implementing the budget;

(n) exercising the powers entrusted to him in respect of staff by the Management Board under Article 153(1)(h);

(o) exercising the powers conferred on him under Articles 31(3), 34(5), 35(3), 94(2), 97(5), Articles 98, 100, 101, Articles 111(4), 112(3), 114(5), Articles 115, 116, Articles 120(4), 146(10), Article 178, Articles 179(1) and 180(2), and Article 181 in accordance with the criteria set out in this Regulation and in the acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation.

Article 158

Appointment and removal of the Executive Director and extension of term of office

The Executive Director may be removed from office only upon a decision of the Council acting on a proposal from the Management Board.

SECTION 5

Implementation of procedures

Article 159

Competence

For taking decisions in connection with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, the following shall be competent:

(a) examiners;

(b) Opposition Divisions;

(c) a department in charge of the Register;

(d) Cancellation Divisions;

(e) Boards of Appeal;

(f) any other unit or person appointed by the Executive Director to that effect.

Article 160

Examiners

An examiner shall be responsible for taking decisions on behalf of the Office in relation to an application for registration of an EU trade mark, including the matters referred to in Articles 41, 42, 76 and 85, except in so far as an Opposition Division is responsible.

Article 161

Opposition Divisions

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying the exact types of decisions that are to be taken by a single member. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 207(2).

Article 162

Department in charge of the Register

Article 163

Cancellation Divisions

A Cancellation Division shall be responsible for taking decisions in relation to:

(a) applications for the revocation or a declaration of invalidity of an EU trade mark;

(b) requests for the assignment of an EU trade mark as provided for in Article 21.

Article 164

General Competence

Decisions required under this Regulation which do not fall within the competence of an examiner, an Opposition Division, a Cancellation Division or the Department in charge of the Register, shall be taken by any official or unit appointed by the Executive Director for that purpose.

Article 165

Boards of Appeal

In order to determine the special cases which fall under the jurisdiction of the Grand Board, account should be taken of the legal difficulty or the importance of the case or of special circumstances which justify it. Such cases may be referred to the Grand Board:

(a) by the authority of the Boards of Appeal referred to in Article 166(4)(a); or

(b) by the Board handling the case.

Article 166

Independence of the members of the Boards of Appeal

The President of the Boards of Appeal shall have the following managerial and organisational functions:

(a) chairing the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal (‘the Presidium’), responsible for laying down the rules and organising the work of the Boards;

(b) ensuring the implementation of the decisions of the Presidium;

(c) allocating cases to a Board on the basis of objective criteria determined by the Presidium;

(d) forwarding to the Executive Director the Boards' expenditure requirements, with a view to drawing up the expenditure estimates.

The President of the Boards of Appeal shall chair the Grand Board.

Article 167

Presidium of the Boards of Appeal and Grand Board

Article 168

Delegation of powers

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 208 specifying the details concerning the organisation of the Boards of Appeal, including the setting up and the role of the Presidium, the composition of the Grand Board and the rules on referrals to it, and the conditions under which decisions are to be taken by a single member in accordance with Article 165(2) and (5).

Article 169

Exclusion and objection

Article 170

Mediation centre

Mediators shall be impartial in the exercise of their duties and shall declare any real or perceived conflict of interest upon their designation. Members of the decision-making instances of the Office listed in Article 159 shall not take part in mediation concerning a case in which they have:

(a) had any prior involvement in the proceedings referred to mediation;

(b) any personal interest in those proceedings; or

(c) been previously involved as a representative of one of the parties.

SECTION 6

Budget and financial control

Article 171

Budget Committee

Article 172

Budget

Every year the Office shall offset the costs incurred by the central industrial property offices of the Member States, by the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property and by any other relevant authority to be nominated by a Member State, as the result of the specific tasks which they carry out as functional parts of the EU trade mark system in the context of the following services and procedures:

(a) opposition and invalidity proceedings before the central industrial property offices of the Member States and the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property involving EU trade marks;

(b) provision of information on the functioning of the EU trade mark system through helpdesks and information centres;

(c) enforcement of EU trade marks, including action taken pursuant to Article 9(4).

The overall offsetting of the costs identified in paragraph 4 shall correspond to 5 % of the yearly revenue of the Office. Without prejudice to the third subparagraph of this paragraph, on a proposal by the Office and after having consulted the Budget Committee, the Management Board shall determine the distribution key on the basis of the following fair, equitable and relevant indicators:

(a) the annual number of EU trade mark applications originating from applicants in each Member State;

(b) the annual number of national trade mark applications in each Member State;

(c) the annual number of oppositions and applications for a declaration of invalidity submitted by proprietors of EU trade marks in each Member State;

(d) the annual number of cases brought before the EU trade mark courts designated by each Member State in accordance with Article 123.

For the purpose of substantiating the costs referred to in paragraph 4, Member States shall submit to the Office by 31 March of each year, statistical data demonstrating the figures referred to in points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph for the preceding year, which shall be included in the proposal to be made to the Management Board.

On grounds of equity, the costs incurred by the bodies referred to in paragraph 4 in each Member State shall be deemed to correspond to at least 2 % of the total offsetting provided for under this paragraph.

Article 173

Preparation of the budget

Article 174

Audit and control

Article 175

Combating fraud

Article 176

Auditing of accounts

Article 177

Financial provisions

The Budget Committee shall, after consulting the Court of Auditors and the Commission, adopt internal financial provisions specifying, in particular, the procedure for establishing and implementing the Office's budget. As far as is compatible with the particular nature of the Office, the financial provisions shall be based on the financial regulations adopted for other bodies set up by the Union.

Article 178

Fees and charges and due date

With the consent of the Budget Committee, the Executive Director may determine which of the services mentioned in the first subparagraph are not to be dependent upon the advance payment of the corresponding fees or charges.

Article 179

Payment of fees and charges

With the consent of the Budget Committee, the Executive Director may establish which specific methods of payment other than those set out in the first subparagraph, in particular by means of deposits in current accounts held with the Office, may be used.

Determinations made pursuant to the second subparagraph shall be published in the Official Journal of the Office.

All payments, including by any other method of payment established pursuant to the second subparagraph, shall be made in euros.

Every payment shall indicate the name of the person making the payment and shall contain the necessary information to enable the Office to establish immediately the purpose of the payment. In particular, the following information shall be provided:

(a) when the application fee is paid, the purpose of the payment, namely ‘application fee’;

(b) when the opposition fee is paid, the file number of the application and the name of the applicant for the EU trade mark against which opposition is entered, and the purpose of the payment, namely ‘opposition fee’;

(c) when the revocation fee and the invalidity fee are paid, the registration number and the name of the proprietor of the EU trade mark against which the application is directed, and the purpose of the payment, namely ‘revocation fee’ or ‘invalidity fee’.

Article 180

Deemed date of payment

Article 181

Insufficient payments and refund of insignificant amounts

With the consent of the Budget Committee the Executive Director may determine the amount below which an excessive sum paid to cover a fee or a charge shall not be refunded.

Determinations pursuant to the second subparagraph shall be published in the Official Journal of the Office.

CHAPTER XIII

INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS

SECTION I

General provisions

Article 182

Application of provisions

Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, this Regulation and the acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation shall apply to applications for international registrations under the Madrid Protocol (‘international applications’), based on an application for an EU trade mark or on an EU trade mark and to registrations of marks in the international register maintained by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (‘international registrations’ and ‘the International Bureau’, respectively) designating the Union.

SECTION 2

International registration on the basis of applications for an EU trade mark and of EU trade marks

Article 183

Filing of an international application

Article 184

Form and contents of the international application

Where the examination of the international application reveals any of the following deficiencies, the Office shall invite the applicant to remedy those deficiencies within such period as it may specify:

(a) the international application has not been filed using the form referred to in paragraph 1, and does not contain all the indications and information required by that form;

(b) the list of goods and services contained in the international application is not covered by the list of goods and services appearing in the basic EU trade mark application or basic EU trade mark;

(c) the mark which is subject to the international application is not identical with the mark as it appears in the basic EU trade mark application or basic EU trade mark;

(d) an indication in the international application as to the trade mark, other than a disclaimer or a colour claim, does not also appear in the basic EU trade mark application or basic EU trade mark;

(e) where colour is claimed in the international application as a distinctive feature of the mark, the basic EU trade mark application or basic EU trade mark is not in the same colour or colours; or

(f) according to the indications made in the international form, the applicant is not eligible to file an international application through the Office in accordance with Article 2(1)(ii) of the Madrid Protocol.

Article 185

Recordal in the files and in the Register

Article 186

Notification of the invalidity of the basic application or registration

Article 187

Request for territorial extension subsequent to international registration

Article 188

International fees

Any fees payable to the International Bureau under the Madrid Protocol shall be paid direct to the International Bureau.

SECTION 3

International registrations designating the Union

Article 189

Effects of international registrations designating the Union

Article 190

Publication

Article 191

Seniority claimed in an international application

Article 192

Seniority claimed before the Office

Article 193

Designation of goods and services and examination as to absolute grounds for refusal

Article 194

Collective and certification marks

Article 195

Search

Article 196

Opposition

Article 197

Replacement of an EU trade mark by an international registration

The Office shall, upon request, enter a notice in the Register that an EU trade mark is deemed to have been replaced by an international registration in accordance with Article 4bis of the Madrid Protocol.

Article 198

Invalidation of the effects of an international registration

Article 199

Legal effect of registration of transfers

The recordal of a change in the ownership of an international registration on the International Register shall have the same effect as the entry of a transfer in the Register pursuant to Article 20.

Article 200

Legal effect of registration of licences and other rights

The recordal of a licence or a restriction of the holder's right of disposal in respect of an international registration in the International Register shall have the same effect as the registration of a right in rem, a levy of execution, insolvency proceedings or a licence in the Register pursuant to Articles 22, 23, 24 and 25 respectively.

Article 201

Examination of requests for registration of transfers, licences or restrictions of a holder's right of disposal

The Office shall transmit requests to register a change in ownership, a licence or a restriction of the holder's right of disposal, the amendment or cancellation of a licence or the removal of a restriction of the holder's right of disposal which have been filed with it to the International Bureau, if accompanied by appropriate proof of the transfer, licence, or the restriction of the right of disposal, or by proof that the licence no longer exists or that it has been amended, or that the restriction of the right of disposal has been removed.

Article 202

Conversion of a designation of the Union through an international registration into a national trade mark application or into a designation of Member States

Where a designation of the Union through an international registration has been refused or ceases to have effect, the holder of the international registration may request the conversion of the designation of the Union:

(a) into a national trade mark application pursuant to Articles 139, 140 and 141;

(b) into a designation of a Member State party to the Madrid Protocol, provided that on the date when conversion was requested it was possible to have designated that Member State directly under the Madrid Protocol. Articles 139, 140 and 141 of this Regulation shall apply.

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying:

(a) the details to be contained in the requests for conversion referred to in paragraphs 4 and 7;

(b) the details to be contained in the publication of the requests for conversion pursuant to paragraph 3.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 207(2).

Article 203

Use of a mark subject of an international registration

For the purposes of applying Article 18(1), Article 47(2), Article 58(1)(a) and Article 64(2), the date of publication pursuant to Article 190(2) shall take the place of the date of registration for the purpose of establishing the date as from which the mark which is the subject of an international registration designating the Union shall be put to genuine use in the Union.

Article 204

Transformation

Article 205

Communication with the International Bureau

Communication with the International Bureau shall be in a manner and format agreed on between the International Bureau and the Office, and preferably be by electronic means. Any reference to forms shall be construed as including forms made available in electronic format.

Article 206

Use of languages

For the purpose of applying this Regulation, and rules adopted pursuant to it, to international registrations designating the Union, the language of filing of the international application shall be the language of the proceedings within the meaning of Article 146(4), and the second language indicated in the international application shall be the second language within the meaning of Article 146(3).

CHAPTER XIV

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 207

Committee Procedure

Article 208

Exercise of the delegation

Article 209

Provisions relating to the enlargement of the Union

An EU trade mark as referred to in paragraph 1 may not be declared invalid:

(a) pursuant to Article 59 if the grounds for invalidity became applicable merely because of the accession of a new Member State;

(b) pursuant to Article 60(1) and (2) if the earlier national right was registered, applied for or acquired in a new Member State prior to the date of accession.

Article 210

Evaluation and review

Article 211

Repeal

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.

Article 212

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 October 2017.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX I

AMOUNT OF FEES

A. The fees to be paid to the Office under this Regulation shall be as follows (in EUR):

B. I. Individual fee for an international registration designating the Union 1.The applicant for an international registration designating the Union shall be required to pay to the International Bureau an individual fee for the designation of the Union in accordance with Article 8(7) of the Madrid Protocol. 2.The holder of an international registration who files a request for territorial extension designating the Union made subsequent to the international registration shall be required to pay to the International Bureau an individual fee for the designation of the Union in accordance with Article 8(7) of the Madrid Protocol. 3.The amount of the fee under points B.I.1 or B.I.2 shall be the equivalent in Swiss Francs, as established by the Director-General of the WIPO pursuant to Rule 35(2) of the Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol, of the following amounts: II.   Individual fee for a renewal of an international registration designating the Union 1.The holder of an international registration designating the Union shall be required to pay to the International Bureau, as a part of the fees for a renewal of the international registration, an individual fee for the designation of the Union in accordance with Article 8(7) of the Madrid Protocol. 2.The amount of the fee referred to in point B.II.1 shall be the equivalent in Swiss Francs, as established by the Director-General of the WIPO pursuant to Rule 35(2) of the Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol, of the following amounts:

ANNEX II

Repealed Regulation with list of its successive amendments

Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (OJ L 78, 24.3.2009, p. 1)
Act of Accession of 2012, Annex III, point 2(I)
Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 341, 24.12.2015, p. 21)	Only Article 1

ANNEX III

Correlation table

Regulation (EC) No 207/2009	This Regulation
Articles 1 to 7	Articles 1 to 7
Article 8(1) to (4)	Article 8(1) to (4)
Article 8(4a)	Article 8(6)
Article 8(5)	Article 8(5)
Article 9	Article 9
Article 9a	Article 10
Article 9b	Article 11
Article 10	Article 12
Article 11	Article 13
Article 12	Article 14
Article 13	Article 15
Article 13a	Article 16
Article 14	Article 17
Article 15	Article 18
Article 16	Article 19
Article 17(1), (2) and (3)	Article 20(1), (2) and (3)
Article 17(5)	Article 20(4)
Article 17(5a)	Article 20(5)
Article 17(5b)	Article 20(6)
Article 17(5c)	Article 20(7)
Article 17(5d)	Article 20(8)
Article 17(5e)	Article 20(9)
Article 17(5f)	Article 20(10)
Article 17(6)	Article 20(11)
Article 17(7)	Article 20(12)
Article 17(8)	Article 20(13)
Article 18	Article 21
Article 19	Article 22
Article 20	Article 23
Article 21	Article 24
Article 22	Article 25
Article 22a	Article 26
Article 23	Article 27
Article 24	Article 28
Article 24a	Article 29
Article 25	Article 30
Article 26	Article 31
Article 27	Article 32
Article 28	Article 33
Article 29	Article 34
Article 30	Article 35
Article 31	Article 36
Article 32	Article 37
Article 33	Article 38
Article 34(1)	Article 39(1)
Article 34(1a)	Article 39(2)
Article 34(2)	Article 39(3)
Article 34(3)	Article 39(4)
Article 34(4)	Article 39(5)
Article 34(5)	Article 39(6)
Article 34(6)	Article 39(7)
Article 35	Article 40
Article 36	Article 41
Article 37(1)	Article 42(1)
Article 37(3)	Article 42(2)
Article 38	Article 43
Article 39	Article 44
Article 40	Article 45
Article 41	Article 46
Article 42	Article 47
Article 42a	Article 48
Article 43	Article 49
Article 44(1) and (2)	Article 50(1) and (2)
Article 44(4)	Article 50(3)
Article 44(4a)	Article 50(4)
Article 44(5) to (9)	Article 50(5) to (9)
Article 45	Article 51
Article 46	Article 52
Article 47	Article 53
Article 48	Article 54
Article 48a	Article 55
Article 49	Article 56
Article 50	Article 57
Article 51	Article 58
Article 52	Article 59
Article 53	Article 60
Article 54	Article 61
Article 55	Article 62
Article 56	Article 63
Article 57	Article 64
Article 57a	Article 65
Article 58	Article 66
Article 59	Article 67
Article 60	Article 68
Article 61	Article 69
Article 63	Article 70
Article 64	Article 71
Article 65	Article 72
Article 65a	Article 73
Article 66	Article 74
Article 67	Article 75
Article 68	Article 76
Article 69	Article 77
Article 70	Article 78
Article 71	Article 79
Article 72	Article 80
Article 73	Article 81
Article 74	Article 82
Article 74a	Article 83
Article 74b	Article 84
Article 74c	Article 85
Article 74d	Article 86
Article 74e	Article 87
Article 74f	Article 88
Article 74g	Article 89
Article 74h	Article 90
Article 74i	Article 91
Article 74j	Article 92
Article 74k	Article 93
Article 75	Article 94
Article 76	Article 95
Article 77	Article 96
Article 78	Article 97
Article 79	Article 98
Article 79a	Article 99
Article 79b	Article 100
Article 79c	Article 101
Article 79d	Article 102
Article 80	Article 103
Article 81	Article 104
Article 82	Article 105
Article 82a	Article 106
Article 83	Article 107
Article 84	Article 108
Article 85(1)	Article 109(1)
Article 85(1a)	Article 109(2)
Article 85(2)	Article 109(3)
Article 85(3)	Article 109(4)
Article 85(4)	Article 109(5)
Article 85(5)	Article 109(6)
Article 85(6)	Article 109(7)
Article 85(7)	Article 109(8)
Article 86	Article 110
Article 87	Article 111
Article 87a	Article 112
Article 87b	Article 113
Article 88	Article 114
Article 88a	Article 115
Article 89	Article 116
Article 90	Article 117
Article 91	Article 118
Article 92	Article 119
Article 93	Article 120
Article 93a	Article 121
Article 94	Article 122
Article 95(1)	Article 123(1)
Article 95(2)	—
Article 95(3)	Article 123(2)
Article 95(4)	Article 123(3)
Article 95(5)	—
Article 96	Article 124
Article 97	Article 125
Article 98	Article 126
Article 99	Article 127
Article 100	Article 128
Article 101	Article 129
Article 102	Article 130
Article 103	Article 131
Article 104	Article 132
Article 105	Article 133
Article 106	Article 134
Article 107	Article 135
Article 109	Article 136
Article 110	Article 137
Article 111	Article 138
Article 112	Article 139
Article 113	Article 140
Article 114	Article 141
Article 115	Article 142
Article 116	Article 143
Article 117	Article 144
Article 118	Article 145
Article 119(1) to (5)	Article 146(1) to (5)
Article 119(5a)	Article 146(6)
Article 119(6)	Article 146(7)
Article 119(7)	Article 146(8)
Article 119(8)	Article 146(9)
Article 119(9)	Article 146(10)
Article 119(10)	Article 146(11)
Article 120	Article 147
Article 121	Article 148
Article 123	Article 149
Article 123a	Article 150
Article 123b	Article 151
Article 123c	Article 152
Article 124	Article 153
Article 125	Article 154
Article 126	Article 155
Article 127	Article 156
Article 128	Article 157
Article 129	Article 158
Article 130	Article 159
Article 131	Article 160
Article 132	Article 161
Article 133	Article 162
Article 134	Article 163
Article 134a	Article 164
Article 135	Article 165
Article 136	Article 166
Article 136a	Article 167
Article 136b	Article 168
Article 137	Article 169
Article 137a	Article 170
Article 138	Article 171
Article 139	Article 172
Article 140	Article 173
Article 141	Article 174
Article 141a	Article 175
Article 142	Article 176
Article 143	Article 177
Article 144	Article 178
Article 144a	Article 179
Article 144b	Article 180
Article 144c	Article 181
Article 145	Article 182
Article 146	Article 183
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Article 148	Article 185
Article 148a	Article 186
Article 149	Article 187
Article 150	Article 188
Article 151	Article 189
Article 152	Article 190
Article 153	Article 191
Article 153a	Article 192
Article 154	Article 193
Article 154a	Article 194
Article 155	Article 195
Article 156	Article 196
Article 157	Article 197
Article 158	Article 198
Article 158a	Article 199
Article 158b	Article 200
Article 158c	Article 201
Article 159	Article 202
Article 160	Article 203
Article 161	Article 204
Article 161a	Article 205
Article 161b	Article 206
Article 163	Article 207
Article 163a(1)	Article 208(1)
Article 163a(2), first sentence	Article 208(2)
Article 163a(2), second sentence	Article 208(4)
Article 163a(3)	Article 208(3)
Article 163a(4)	Article 208(5)
Article 163a(5)	Article 208(6)
Article 165	Article 209
Article 165a	Article 210
Article 166	Article 211
Article 167	Article 212
Annex -I	Annex I
Annex I	Annex II
Annex II	Annex III