Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 3175
The Community Trade Mark (Fees) Regulations 1995
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1995 No. 3175
TRADE MARKS
The Community Trade Mark (Fees) Regulations 1995
| Laid before Parliament | 7th December 1995 |
| Coming into force | 1st January 1996 |
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 52 of the Trade Marks Act 1994[1], of the power conferred on him by the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 1988[2], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Community Trade Mark (Fees) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st January 1996.
2. Where, pursuant to Article 25 of the Community Trade Mark Regulation[3], an application for a Community trade mark is filed at the Patent Office, the fee to be paid shall be £15.00.
Ian Taylor
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry
5th December 1995
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)Article 25 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 of 20th December 1993, (O.J. No. L 11, 14.1.94, p.1) on the Community trade mark provides that applicants may be charged a fee for receiving and forwarding the applications to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, where an application for a Community trade mark is filed at the central industrial property office of a member State. These Regulations enable the registrar of trade marks to charge such a fee for the making of applications for a Community trade mark by way of the Patent Office.
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Notes:[1] 1994 c. 26.
[2] S.I. 1988/93 which was made under Section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51). The relevant provisions of that Order are Article 5 and Part II of Schedule 1; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1990/1473.
[3] O.J. No. L 11, 14.1.94, pl.
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