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Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/anglais/inglés  
 
 MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
EUROPEAN UNION 
This document reproduces the text1 of Commission Regulati on (EC) No 355/2009 of 
31 March 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 2869/ 95 on the fees payable to the Office for 
Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Ma rks and Designs) and Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 
implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on  the Community trade mark, as notified by the 
European Union on 20 March 2013 under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document 
IP/N/1/EU/1). 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À 
LA PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
UNION EUROPÉENNE  
Le présent document contient le texte1 du Règlement (CE) n° 355/2009 de la Commission du 
31 mars 2009 modifiant le Règlement (CE) n° 2869/95 relatif aux taxes à payer à l'Office de l'harmonisation dans le marché intérieur (marques, dessins et modèles) et le Règlement (CE) 
n° 2868/95 portant modalités d'application du Règlement (CE) n° 40/94 du Conseil sur la marque 
communautaire, notifié par l'Union européenne le 20 mars 2013 au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/EU/1). 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
UNIÓN EUROPEA  
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento (CE) N° 355/2009 de la 
Comisión, de 31 de marzo de 2009, relativo a las tasas que se han de abonar a la Oficina de Armonización del Mercado Interior (Marcas, Diseño y Modelos), y el Reglamento (CE) N° 2868/95, 
por el que se establecen normas de ejecución de l Reglamento (CE) N° 40/94 del Consejo sobre la 
marca comunitaria, notificado por la Unión Europea el 20 de marzo de 2013 en virtud de lo dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 de l Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/EU/1).  
                                               
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente. IP/N/1/EU/T/4 
 
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PP 3 à 5 - Offset (fichier Pdf joint) PP 3-5 - Offset (fichero Pdf adjunto) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 355/2009  
of 31 March 2009  
amending Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the 
Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) and Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council 
Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark  
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Community,  
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 
20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (  1 ) and in 
particular Articles 139 and 157 thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Article 139(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 lays down 
that the amounts of the fees payable to the Office for 
Harmonization in the Internal Market, hereinafter ‘the Office’, are to be fixed at such a level as to ensure that the revenue in respect thereof is sufficient to ensure that its budget is balanced.
 
(2) The Office is generating substantial cash reserves. A 
further increase in the revenue of the Office and, as a 
consequence, budgetary surplus of the Office is expected. 
This is in particular the result of the payment of appli -
cation and registration fees for Community trade marks.  
(3) A reduction in fees would therefore be one of the 
measures for ensuring that the budget is balanced, while fostering access to the Community trade mark system for users.
 
(4) In order to reduce the administrative burden on both the 
users and the Office the fee structure should be simplified 
by fixing the amount of the registration fee for a 
Community trade mark at zero. Hence, only the payment of the application fee will be required and the processing time for the registration can be considerably reduced if no registration fee has to be paid before regis
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tering a Community trade mark.  
(5) In relation to international registrations designating the 
European Community the fixing of the amount of the registration fee for a Community trade mark at zero implies that the amount of the fee to be refunded pursuant to Article 149(4) or Article 151(4) of Regu
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lation (EC) No 40/94 has to be set to zero as well.  (6) The reduction in fees should ensure a proper balance 
between the Community and national trade mark 
systems, taking into account the future development of 
the relations between the Office and industrial property offices of Member States, including the remuneration for services rendered by the offices of Member States.
 
(7) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 of 
13 December 1995 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (
 2 ) and Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 2868/95 of 13 December 1995 implementing 
Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community 
trade mark (  3 ) should therefore be amended accordingly.  
(8) A transitional provision is required to ensure legal 
certainty while providing maximum benefit to both the users and the Office.
 
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in 
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Fees, 
Implementation Rules and the Procedure of the Boards of 
Appeal of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs),
 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 is hereby amended as follows:  
1. The table in Article 2 is amended as follows:  
(a) point 1 is replaced by the following: 
‘1. Basic fee for the application for an 
individual mark (Article 26(2), Rule 
4(a))  1 050’  
(b) point 1b is replaced by the following: 
‘1b. Basic fee for the application for an 
individual mark by electronic 
means (Article 26(2), Rule 4(a))  900’EN 30.4.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 109/3  
( 1 ) OJ L 11, 14.1.1994, p. 1.  ( 2 ) OJ L 303, 15.12.1995, p. 33.  
( 3 ) OJ L 303, 15.12.1995, p. 1.
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       - 3 -(c) point 3 is replaced by the following: 
‘3. Basic fee for the application for a 
collective mark (Article 26(2) and 
Article 64(3), Rule 4(a) and Rule 42)  1 800’  
(d) points 7 to 11 are replaced by the following: 
‘7. Basic fee for the registration of an 
individual mark (Article 45)  0 
8. Fee for each class of goods and 
services exceeding three for an 
individual mark (Article 45)  0 
9. Basic fee for the registration of a 
collective mark (Article 45 and 
Article 64(3))  0 
10. Fee for each class of goods and 
services exceeding three for a 
collective mark (Article 45 and Article 64(3))  0 
11. Additional fee for the late payment 
of the registration fee (point 2 of 
Article 157(2))  0’. 
2. In Article 11(3), points (a) and (b) are replaced by the 
following:  
‘(a) for an individual mark: EUR 870 plus, where applicable, 
EUR 150 for each class of goods and services exceeding 
three; 
(b) for a collective mark as referred to in Rule 121(1) of 
Regulation (EC) No 2868/95: EUR 1 620 plus, where 
applicable, EUR 300 for each class of goods or services exceeding three.’  
3. Article 13 is replaced by the following:  
‘Article 13 
Refund of fees following refusal of protection  
1. Where the refusal is either for all or only part of the 
goods and services contained in the designation of the 
European Community, the amount of the fee to be 
refunded pursuant to Article 149(4) or Article 151(4) of 
the Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 shall be:  
(a) for an individual mark: an amount corresponding to the 
fee mentioned in point 7 of the table in Article 2 plus an amount corresponding to the fee mentioned in point 8 of that table for each class of goods and services contained in the international registration exceeding three; 
(b) for a collective mark: an amount corresponding to the 
fee mentioned in point 9 of the table in Article 2 plus an amount corresponding to the fee mentioned in point 10 of that table for each class of goods and services contained in the international registration exceeding 
three. 
2. The refund shall be made once the communication to 
the International Bureau pursuant to Rule 113(2)(b) and (c) 
or Rule 115(5)(b), (c) and (6) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 has been issued.  
3. The refund shall be made to the holder of the inter
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national registration or his representative.’  
Article 2 
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 is amended as follows:  
1. In Rule 13a(3) point (c) is deleted.  
2. Rule 23 is replaced by the following:  
‘Rule 23  
Registration of the trade mark  
1. Where no opposition has been entered or where any 
opposition entered has been finally disposed of by with -
drawal, rejection or other disposition, the trade mark applied for and the particulars referred to in Rule 84(2) shall be recorded in the Register of Community trade marks.  
2. The registration shall be published in the Community 
Trade Marks Bulletin.’  
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its 
publication in the  Official Journal of the European Union.
 
A Community trade mark application in respect of which a 
notification described in Rule 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 in its version in force before the date of entry into force of this Regulation has been sent before that date shall continue to be subject to Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 and Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 in their versions in force before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.EN L 109/4 Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2009
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       - 4 -An international application or a request for territorial extension designating the European 
Community which has been filed before the day on which the amounts mentioned in Article 11(3), 
points (a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 in its version as amended by this Regulation take effect according to Article 8(7)(b) of the Madrid Protocol shall continue to be subject to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 in its version in force before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.  
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels, 31 March 2009.  
For the Commission
 
Charlie McCREEVY  
Member of the CommissionEN 30.4.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 109/5
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