It is therefore essential to lay down rules for the designation and classification of goods and services in this Regulation and to ensure legal certainty and sound administration by requiring that the goods and services for which trade mark protection is sought are identified by the applicant with sufficient clarity and precision to enable the competent authorities and economic operators, on the basis of the application alone, to determine the extent of the protection applied for.
Tá sé riachtanach, dá bhrí sin, rialacha maidir le hainmniúchán agus le haicmiúchán na n-earraí agus na seirbhísí a leagan síos sa Rialachán seo agus deimhneacht dhlíthiúil agus dea-rialachas a áirithiú trína cheangal go sainaithneodh an t-iarratasóir na hearraí agus na seirbhísí a n-iarrtar cosaint trádmhairc ina leith le soiléireacht agus beachtas leordhóthanach ionas go mbeidh na húdaráis inniúla agus oibreoirí eacnamaíochta in ann, ar bhonn an iarratais amháin, méid na cosanta arna iarraidh a chinneadh.