Article 7

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The publication of the application shall contain:
(a) the applicant's name and address;
(b) where applicable, the name and business address of the representative appointed by the applicant other than a representative falling within the first sentence of Article 119(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001. Where there is more than one representative with the same business address, only the name and business address of the first-named representative shall be published and it shall be followed by the words ‘and others’. Where there are two or more representatives with different business addresses, only the address for service determined pursuant to Article 2(1)(e) of this Regulation shall be published. Where an association of representatives is appointed in accordance with Article 74(8) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625, only the name and business address of the association shall be published;
(c) the representation of the mark, together with the elements and descriptions referred to in Article 3 where applicable. Where the representation has been provided in the form of an electronic file, it shall be made accessible by means of a link to that file;
(d) the list of goods or services, grouped according to the classes of the Nice Classification, each group being preceded by the number of the class of that classification to which that group of goods or services belongs, and presented in the order of the classes of that classification;
(e) the date of filing and the file number;
(f) where applicable, particulars of the claim of priority filed by the applicant pursuant to Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001;
(g) where applicable, particulars of the claim of exhibition priority filed by the applicant pursuant to Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001;
(h) where applicable, particulars of the claim of seniority filed by the applicant pursuant to Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001;
(i) where applicable, a statement pursuant to Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 that the mark has become distinctive in relation to the goods or services for which registration is requested in consequence of the use which has been made of it;
(j) where applicable, a statement that the application is for an EU collective mark or an EU certification mark;
(k) an indication of the language in which the application was filed and of the second language which the applicant has indicated pursuant to Article 146(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001;
(l) where applicable, a statement that the application results from a transformation of an international registration designating the Union pursuant to Article 204(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001, together with the date of the international registration pursuant to Article 3(4) of the Madrid Protocol or the date on which the territorial extension to the Union made subsequently to the international registration pursuant to Article 3ter(2) of the Madrid Protocol was recorded in the international register and, where applicable, the priority date of the international registration.