Article 75

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1.  Pursuant to Article 120(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001, the entry of a professional representative shall be deleted automatically:

(a) in the event of the death or legal incapacity of the professional representative;

(b) where the professional representative is no longer a national of one of the Member States of the EEA, unless the Executive Director has granted an exemption under Article 120(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001;

(c) where the professional representative no longer has a place of business or employment in the EEA;

(d) where the professional representative no longer possesses the entitlement referred to in the first sentence of Article 120(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.

 

2.  The entry of a professional representative shall be suspended of the Office's own motion where the representative's entitlement to represent natural or legal persons before the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property or the central industrial property office of a Member State as referred to in the first sentence of Article 120(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 has been suspended.

 

3.  Where the conditions for deletion no longer exist, a person whose entry has been deleted shall, upon request, accompanied by a certificate pursuant to Article 120(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001, be reinstated in the list of professional representatives.

 

4.  The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property and the central industrial property offices of the Member States concerned shall, where they are aware of any relevant events referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, promptly inform the Office thereof.