Seniority shall have the sole effect under this Regulation that, where the proprietor of the EU trade mark surrenders the earlier trade mark or allows it to lapse, he shall be deemed to continue to have the same rights as he would have had if the earlier trade mark had continued to be registered.
Ní bheidh d'éifeacht ag sinsearacht faoi Rialachán seo ach go measfar, i gcás ina dtugann dílseánach an 1 trádmhairc de chuid AE suas an trádmhairc is túisce nó ina ligeann sé dó dul in éag, na cearta céanna a bheith aige fós agus a bheadh aige dá mbeadh an trádmharc is túisce cláraithe fós.