Article 25

1. Where the defendant seeks a decision annulling or altering the contested decision on a point not raised in the appeal, pursuant to Article 68(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001, that cross appeal shall be filed within the time limit for filing a response in accordance with Article 24(1) of this Regulation.

2. A cross appeal shall be submitted by a document separate from the response.

3. The cross appeal shall contain the name and address of the defendant in accordance with Article 2(1)(b) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/626 and shall comply mutatis mutandis with the conditions laid down in Article 21(1)(b) to (e) and Article 22 of this Regulation.

4. A cross appeal shall be rejected as inadmissible in any of the following events:

(a) where it has not been filed within the time limit laid down in paragraph 1;

(b) where it has not been filed in observance of the requirements laid down either in paragraph 2 or Article 21(1)(d);

(c) where it does not comply with the requirements referred to in paragraph 3, and the defendant has, despite having been informed thereof by the Board of Appeal, not remedied these deficiencies within the time limit specified by the Board of Appeal to that effect or has not submitted the translation of the cross appeal and the corresponding statement of grounds within one month of the date of submission of the original.

5. The appellant shall be invited to submit observations on the defendant's cross appeal within two months of the date of notification to the appellant. In exceptional circumstances, that time limit may be extended by the Board of Appeal upon the reasoned request of the appellant. Article 26 shall apply mutatis mutandis.