• Amending Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with regard to adapting certain fees
  
  
• Amendments to the Implementing Regulation and the Fees Regulation adopted - Amendments enter into force on 25 July 2005
  
  
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 1042/2005 of 29 June 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
  
  
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 1041/2005 of 29 June 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark
  
  
• Information regarding the date from which points 11 to 14, 21, 23 to 26, 33 and 36 of Council Regulation (EC) No 422/2004 of 19 February 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark shall apply
  
  
• Council Regulation (EC) No. 422/2004 of 19 February 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on the Community trade mark - explanations
  
  
• Information regarding the date from which Article 1(34) and (35) of Council Regulation (EC) No 422/2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark shall apply
  
  
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 2082/2004 of 6 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 216/96 laying down the rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
  
  
• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 782/2004 of 26.04.2004 amending Regulation (EC) No. 2868/95 the accession of the European Community to the Madrid Protocol
  
  
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 781/2004 of 26.04.2004 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
  
  
• Council Decision of 27 October 2003 approving the accession of the European Community to the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks, adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989
  
  
• Council Regulation (EC)No. 1992/2003 of 27 October 2003 amending Regulation (EC)No. 40/94 on the Community trade mark to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989

• Council Regulation (EC) No. 1653/2003 of 18.06.2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on the Community trade mark (Article 118a) (Article 136), in force since 01.10.03
  
  
• Incorporation of Article 142a to Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on the Community trade mark according to Annex II (4. Company law - C. Industrial property rights) of the Act of Accession, entry into force foreseen with the accession (01.05.04)
  
  
• Article 141 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on the Community trade mark has been replaced as referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No. 807/2003 of 14.04.2003 adapting to Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in Council instruments adopted in accordance with the consultation procedure (unanimity), in force since 05.06.03
  
  
• Council Regulation (EC) No. 3288/94 of 22.12.1994 amending Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on the Community trade mark for the implementation of the agreements concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round, in force since 01.01.95
  

On 27 December 2002, the Commission submitted to the Council of Ministers a Report, entitled, Report on the Operation of the System of Searches Resulting from Article 39 of the Community Trade Mark Regulation, a further report on professional representation, entitled The Examination of the Functioning of the Manner of Representation as laid down in Article 89 of the Council Regulation (EC) no 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community Trade Mark, as well as a Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 40/94, which contains, inter alia, the proposal to delete Article 39 CTMR, the provision dealing with searches.

• The proposal of the Commission for the amendment of the CTMR
  
  
• The report of the Commission on the search system, as well as the replies received by the Commission in response to its questionnaire relating to the search system:
  
  
  • By non-governmental organisations:
    Air Liquide - AIM - Alstom - Danone - ECTA - EFPIA - FICPI - Gevers & Partners - INTA (Comments & Summary) - ITMA - Marques - NESTEC LTD (FR) - L'Oreal - Procter & Gamble - UNICE - UNILEVER NV/P
    
    
  • By EU member states:
    DK - DE - EL - ES - FR - IE - IT - AT - PT - SU/FI - SV - UK - Benelux
    
    
• The report of the Commission on professional representation