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| 24.4.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 112/6 |

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ANNEX III

List referred to in Article 15 of the Act of Accession: adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions

2.   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

I.   COMMUNITY TRADE MARK

32009 R 0207: Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark ([OJ L 78, 24.3.2009, p. 1](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2009:078:TOC)).

Article 165(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.   As of the date of accession of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as “new Member State(s)”), a Community trade mark registered or applied for pursuant to this Regulation before their respective date of accession shall be extended to the territory of those Member States in order to have equal effect throughout the Community.’.

II.   SUPPLEMENTARY PROTECTION CERTIFICATES

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| 1. | 31996 R 1610: Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products ([OJ L 198, 8.8.1996, p. 30](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:1996:198:TOC)).   |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | (a) | The following point is added to Article 19a:   |  |  | | --- | --- | | ‘(m) | any plant protection product protected by a valid basic patent and for which the first authorisation to place it on the market as a plant protection product was obtained after 1 January 2003 may be granted a certificate in Croatia, provided that the application for a certificate is lodged within six months from the date of accession.’. | |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | (b) | Article 20(2) is replaced by the following:  ‘2.   This Regulation shall apply to supplementary protection certificates granted in accordance with the national legislation of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia prior to their respective date of accession.’. | |

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| 2. | 32009 R 0469: Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products ([OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 1](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2009:152:TOC)).   |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | (a) | The following point is added to Article 20:   |  |  | | --- | --- | | ‘(m) | any medicinal product protected by a valid basic patent and for which the first authorisation to place it on the market as a medicinal product was obtained after 1 January 2003 may be granted a certificate in Croatia, provided that the application for a certificate is lodged within six months from the date of accession.’. | |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | (b) | Article 21(2) is replaced by the following:  ‘2.   This Regulation shall apply to supplementary protection certificates granted in accordance with the national legislation of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia prior to their respective date of accession.’. | |

III.   COMMUNITY DESIGNS

32002 R 0006: Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs ([OJ L 3, 5.1.2002, p. 1](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2002:003:TOC)).

Article 110a(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.   As of the date of accession of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as “new Member State(s)”), a Community design protected or applied for pursuant to this Regulation before their respective date of accession shall be extended to the territory of those Member States in order to have equal effect throughout the Community.’.

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