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IP/N/1/IRL/T/17  
 
9 August 2023  
(23-5412)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
IRELAND : TRADE MARKS ACT 1996 (COMMUNITY TRADE MARK)  
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2018  
(S.I. N O. 563/2018)  
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title TRADE MARKS ACT 1996 (COMMUNITY TRADE MARK) (AMENDMENT) 
REGULATIONS 2018 (S.I. N o. 563/2018)  
Subject matter  Trademarks  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/IRL/23_11550_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/IRL/T/3  
Brief description of the notified  legal text  
 
These Regulations amend certain technical provisions in the Community Trade Mark 
Regulations  2000 (S.I. 229/2000) ( "the CTM Regulations "). The amendments are for the purpose of 
giving effect to technical changes in certain provisions and changes in terminology arising from 
Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015, 
Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017 on the European Union Trade Mark and 
Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1431  of 18 May 2017  implementing certain provisions of Council 
Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017 on the European Union Trade Mark.  
 
As an additional consequence of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017 on the 
European Union Trade Mark, it i s no longer possible for applicants for EU trademarks to file their 
applications with a national office as all applications must now be filed directly with the European 
Union Intellectual Property Office. Therefore, the European Communities (Community Trad e Mark) 
Regulations, 1996 (S.I. No. 10/1996), which provides for the charging of a receiving or handling fee 
for receiving and forwarding EU trademark applications to the European Union Intellectual Property 
Office, is revoked in these Regulations.  
 
Langu age(s) of 
notified legal text English  IP/N/1/IRL/98 • IP/N/1/IRL/T/17  
 
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  Entry into force  14 January 2019  
Other date   Adoption: 18 December 2018  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  4 August 2023  
Other information  See also:  
IP/N/1/EU/5  
(Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2424)  
 
IP/N/1/EU/24  
(Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 ) 
 
and 
 
IP/N/1/EU/27  
(Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1431 ) 
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Unit  
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment  
 
trademarks@enterprise.gov.ie  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  