Article 70

1. Where the Office finds of its own motion or pursuant to corresponding information provided by the parties to the proceedings that a decision or entry in the Register is subject to revocation pursuant to Article 103 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001, it shall inform the affected party about the intended revocation.

2. The affected party shall submit observations on the intended revocation within a time limit specified by the Office.

3. Where the affected party agrees to the intended revocation or does not submit any observations within the time limit, the Office shall revoke the decision or entry. If the affected party does not agree to the intended revocation, the Office shall take a decision on the intended revocation.

4. Where the intended revocation is likely to affect more than one party, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis. In those cases the observations submitted by one of the parties pursuant to paragraph 3 shall always be communicated to the other party or parties with an invitation to submit observations.

5. Where the revocation of a decision or an entry in the Register affects a decision or entry that has been published, the revocation shall also be published.

6. Competence for revocation pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 4 shall lie with the department or unit which took the decision.