If the applicant so requests, the proprietor of an earlier EU trade mark who has given notice of opposition shall furnish proof that, during the five-year period preceding the date of filing or the date of priority of the EU trade mark application, the earlier EU trade mark has been put to genuine use in the Union in connection with the goods or services in respect of which it is registered and which he cites as justification for his opposition, or that there are proper reasons for non-use, provided the earlier EU trade mark has at that date been registered for not less than five years.
Má iarrann an t-iarratasóir amhlaidh, déanfaidh dílseánach trádmhairc níos luaithe de chuid AE atá tar éis fógra freasúra a thabhairt, cruthúnas a chur ar fáil, i rith na tréimhse cúig bliana roimh an dáta comhdaithe nó dáta tosaíochta an iarratais ar thrádmharc de chuid AE, go bhfuiltear tar éis fíorúsáid a bhaint san Aontas as an trádmharc níos luaithe de chuid an AE, i dtaca leis na hearraí nó leis na seirbhísí ar ina leith atá sé cláraithe agus a luann sé nó sí mar bhonn cirt lena fhreasúra nó lena freasúra, nó go bhfuil cúiseanna cuí le neamhúsáid, ar choinníoll go mbeidh an trádmharc níos luaithe de chuid an AE cláraithe ar an dáta sin le tréimhse nach lú ná cúig bliana.