Article 1

This Regulation lays down rules specifying:

(a) the details of the procedure for filing and examining an opposition to the registration of an EU trade mark at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (‘the Office’);

(b) the details of the procedure governing the amendment of an application for an EU trade mark;

(c) the details governing the revocation and declaration of invalidity of an EU trade mark, as well as the transfer of an EU trade mark registered in the name of an unauthorised agent;

(d) the formal content of a notice of appeal and the procedure for the filing and the examination of an appeal, the formal content and form of the Boards of Appeal's decisions and the reimbursement of the appeal fee, the details concerning the organisation of the Boards of Appeal, and the conditions under which decisions on appeals are to be taken by a single member;

(e) the detailed arrangements for oral proceedings and for the taking of evidence;

(f) the detailed arrangements for notification by the Office and the rules on the means of communication with the Office;

(g) the details regarding the calculation and duration of time limits;

(h) the procedure for the revocation of a decision or for the cancellation of an entry in the Register of EU trade marks;

(i) the detailed arrangements for the resumption of proceedings before the Office;

(j) the conditions and the procedure for the appointment of a common representative, the conditions under which employees and professional representatives shall file an authorisation, and the content of that authorisation, and the circumstances in which a person may be removed from the list of admitted professional representatives;

(k) the details of the procedure concerning international registrations based on a basic application or basic registration relating to a collective mark, certification mark or guarantee mark, and the procedure for the filing and examination of an opposition to an international registration.