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Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol Relating to that Agreement
Rule 35 Currency of Payments
Geldend
Geldend vanaf 01-02-2020
- Bronpublicatie:
02-10-2018, Trb. 2021, 37 (uitgifte: 26-03-2021, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Inwerkingtreding
01-02-2020
- Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:
02-10-2018, Trb. 2021, 37 (uitgifte: 26-03-2021, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Vakgebied(en)
Intellectuele-eigendomsrecht / Modellen- en merkenrecht
1.
[Obligation to Use Swiss Currency] All payments due under these Regulations shall be made to the International Bureau in Swiss currency irrespective of the fact that, where the fees are paid by an Office, that Office may have collected those fees in another currency.
2.
[Establishment of the Amount of Individual Fees in Swiss Currency]
- a)
Where a Contracting Party makes a declaration under Article 8(7)(a) of the Protocol that it wants to receive an individual fee, the amount of the individual fee indicated to the International Bureau shall be expressed in the currency used by its Office.
- b)
Where the fee is indicated in the declaration referred to in subparagraph (a) in a currency other than Swiss currency, the Director General shall, after consultation with the Office of the Contracting Party concerned, establish the amount of the individual fee in Swiss currency on the basis of the official exchange rate of the United Nations.
- c)
Where, for more than three consecutive months, the official exchange rate of the United Nations between the Swiss currency and the other currency in which the amount of an individual fee has been indicated by a Contracting Party is higher or lower by at least 5% than the last exchange rate applied to establish the amount of the individual fee in Swiss currency, the Office of that Contracting Party may ask the Director General to establish a new amount of the individual fee in Swiss currency according to the official exchange rate of the United Nations prevailing on the day preceding the day on which the request is made. The Director General shall proceed accordingly. The new amount shall be applicable as from a date which shall be fixed by the Director General, provided that such date is between one and two months after the date of the publication of the said amount in the Gazette.
- d)
Where, for more than three consecutive months, the official exchange rate of the United Nations between the Swiss currency and the other currency in which the amount of an individual fee has been indicated by a Contracting Party is lower by at least 10% than the last exchange rate applied to establish the amount of the individual fee in Swiss currency, the Director General shall establish a new amount of the individual fee in Swiss currency according to the current official exchange rate of the United Nations. The new amount shall be applicable as from a date which shall be fixed by the Director General, provided that such date is between one and two months after the date of the publication of the said amount in the Gazette.