COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 40/94 Table of contents (not part of the official tex t) TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 Community trade mark Article 2 Office Article 3 Capacity to act TITLE II THE LAW RELATING TO TRADE MARKS SECTION 1 DEFINITION OF A COMMUNITY TRADE MARK OBTAINING A COMMUNITY TRADE MARK Article 4 Signs of which a Community trade mark may consist Article 5 Persons who can be proprietors of Community trade marks Article 6 Means whereby a Community trade mark is obtained Article 7 Absolute grounds for refusal Article 8 Relative grounds for refusal SECTION 2 EFFECTS OF COMMUNITY TRADE MARKS Article 9 Rights conferred by a Community trade mark Article 10 Reproduction of Community trade marks in dictionaries Article 11 Prohibition on the use of a Community trade mark registered in the name of an agent or representative Article 12 Limitation of the effects of a Community trade mark Article 13 Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a Community trade mark Article 14 Complementary application of national law relating to infringement SECTION 3 USE OF COMMUNITY TRADE MARKS Article 15 Use of Community trade marks SECTION 4 COMMUNITY TRADE MARKS AS OBJECTS OF PROPERTY Article 16 Dealing with Community trade marks as national trade marks Article 17 Transfer Article 18 Transfer of a trade mark registered in the name of an agent Article 19 Rights in rem Article 20 Levy of execution Article 21 Insolvency proceedings Article 22 Licensing Article 23 Effects vis-à-vis third parties Article 24 The application for a Community trade mark as an object of property TITLE III APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY TRADE MARKS SECTION 1 FILING OF APPLICATIONS AND THE CONDITIONS WHICH GOVERN THEM Article 25 Fi...
