Where an application for the registration of an EU trade mark has been filed during the six months prior to the date of accession, notice of opposition may be given pursuant to Article 46 where an earlier trade mark or another earlier right within the meaning of Article 8 was acquired in a new Member State prior to accession, provided that it was acquired in good faith and that the filing date or, where applicable, the priority date or the date of acquisition in the new Member State of the earlier trade mark or other earlier right precedes the filing date or, where applicable, the priority date of the EU trade mark applied for.
I gcás inar comhdaíodh an t-iarratas ar thrádmharc de chuid AE a chomhdú le linn an sé mhí roimh dháta an aontachais, féadfar fógra ar chur i gcoinne a thabhairt de bhun Airteagal 46 i gcás inar fuarthas trádmharc is túisce nó ceart eile is túisce laistigh de bhrí Airteagal 8 i mBallstát nua roimh an aontachas, ar an gcoinníoll go bhfuarthas é de mheon macánta agus go bhfuil dáta comhdaithe nó, nuair is infheidhme, dáta tosaíochta nó dáta fála an trádmhairc is túisce nó an chirt eile is túisce sa Bhallstát nua roimh an dáta comhdaithe nó, nuair is infheidhe, dáta tosaíóchta an trádmhairc de chuid AE a bhfuil iarratas á dhéanamh air.