Translation of "translation of signe de paragraphe " (French → English) :

– (NL) I voted against the new Commission because there is not a single indication that the new Commission will start to work on reducing the gap between the average European and the European institutions, in particular, the European Commission.

2. Where the proprietor of an earlier national trade mark as referred to in Article 8(2) or of another earlier sign referred to in Article 8(4) has acquiesced, for a period of five successive years, in the use of a later European Union trade mark in the Member State in which the earlier trade mark or the other earlier sign is protected while being aware of such use, he shall no longer be entitled on the basis of the earlier trade mark or of the other earlier sign [...] to apply for a declaration that the later trade mark is invalid [...] in respect of the goods or services for which the later trade mark has been used, unless ...[+++]registration of the later European Union trade mark was applied for in bad faith'.

2. Where the proprietor of an earlier national trade mark as referred to in Article 8(2) or of another earlier sign referred to in Article 8(4) has acquiesced, for a period of five successive years, in the use of a later Community trade mark in the Member State in which the earlier trade mark or the other earlier sign is protected while being aware of such use, he shall no longer be entitled on the basis of the earlier trade mark or of the other earlier sign either to apply for a declaration that the later trade mark is invalid or to oppose the use of the later trade mark in respect of the goods or services for which the later trade mark has been use ...[+++]d, unless registration of the later Community trade mark was applied for in bad faith.

– having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 , as amended by the Agreement amending the Partnership Agreement, signed in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 ('the Cotonou Agreement'), and in particular Articles 4, 28, 30(2), 43(4) and 58(2) thereof,

By the fifth part of its plea, Procter Gamble submits that the public’s habit of perceiving the shape and pattern of a tablet as indicative of a product’s origin, a habit which may be created by the use of, or advertising for, other signs, is within the ambit of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 40/94 and not that of Article 7(3) of the regulation.

7. Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 6, the date on and time at which a copy of the signed original of a procedural document, including the schedule of items and documents referred to in paragraph 4, is received at the Registry by telefax or any other technical means of communication available to the Court shall be deemed to be the date and time of lodgment for the purposes of compliance with the procedural time-limits, provided that the signed original of the procedural document, accompanied by the annexes and co ...[+++]pies referred to in paragraph 2, is lodged at the Registry no later than 10 days thereafter.