Article 64

1. The entry of a professional representative in the special list of professional representatives in design matters, referred to in Article 78(4) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, shall be deleted at the request of the professional representative. 

2. The entry of a professional representative in the list referred to in paragraph 1 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 a Member State of the EEA, unless the Executive Director has granted an exemption pursuant to Article 78(6), (point (a)), of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;
(c) where the place of business or employment of the professional representative is no longer in the EEA;
(d) where the professional representative no longer possesses the entitlement referred to in Article 78(4), (point (c)), of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.

3. The entry of a professional representative in the list referred to in paragraph 1 shall be suspended of the Office's own motion where the entitlement of the professional representative to represent natural or legal persons before the Benelux Office for intellectual Property or before the central industrial property office of a Member State of the EEA as referred to in Article 78(4), (point (c)), of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 has been suspended.

4. A professional representative whose entry has been deleted shall, upon request pursuant to Article 78(5) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, be reinstated in the list referred to in paragraph 1 if the conditions for deletion no longer exist.

5. The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property and the central industrial property offices of the Member States of the EEA concerned shall, where they are aware thereof, promptly inform the Office of any relevant events referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3.

6. The amendments to the list referred to in paragraph 1 shall be published in the Official Journal of the Office.