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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 January 2021 –  
Crevier v EUIPO (air freshener)

(Case T‑276/20)

(Community design – Application for a Community design representing an air freshener – Non-compliance with a time limit vis-à-vis EUIPO – Application for restitutio in integrum – Article 67(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Duty of care)

| 1. | Community designs – Procedural provisions – Restitutio in integrum – Conditions – Due care required by the circumstances – Delegation of administrative tasks relating to renewal of a design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 67(1))  (see paras 17, 19) |

| 2. | Community designs – Procedural provisions – Restitutio in integrum – Conditions – Due care required by the circumstances – Exceptional events, which cannot therefore be predicted  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 67(1))  (see paras 20, 21) |

| 3. | Community designs – Procedural provisions – Notification – Notification by ordinary mail  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 43)  (see paras 29, 32) |

| 4. | Community designs – Procedural provisions – Registration procedure – Obligation to observe the time limits prescribed by EUIPO – None – Failure to comply penalised by forfeiture of a right – Breach of principle of proportionality – None  (Council Regulation No 6/2002)  (see para. 39) |

| 5. | Community designs – Decisions of the Office – Principle of equal treatment – Principle of sound administration – EUIPO’s previous decision-making practice – Principle of legality – Need for a strict and complete examination in each particular case  (Council Regulation No 6/2002)  (see para. 44) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 March 2020 (Case R 2396/2019-3) relating to an application for restitutio in integrum.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Mr Jeffrey Scott Crevier to pay the costs. |

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