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| 12.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 217/71 |

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AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE GENERAL COURT

THE GENERAL COURT,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the fifth paragraph of Article 254 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a(1) thereof,

Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, and in particular Article 63 thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) [(1)](#ntr1-L_2016217EN.01007101-E0001) changes the name of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) and it is appropriate in consequence to amend the Rules of Procedure to include in them a reference to the European Union Intellectual Property Office,

With the agreement of the Court of Justice,

With the approval of the Council given on 6 July 2016,

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT TO ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE:

Article 1

In Article 1(2)(g) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court [(2)](#ntr2-L_2016217EN.01007101-E0002), the reference to ‘the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)’ is replaced by a reference to ‘the European Union Intellectual Property Office’.

Article 2

This amendment to the Rules of Procedure, authentic in the languages referred to in Article 44 of those Rules, shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and shall enter into force on the day of its publication.

Done at Luxembourg, 13 July 2016.

Registrar

E. COULON

President

M. JAEGER

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