Without prejudice to the rights of proprietors acquired before the filing date or the priority date of the EU trade mark, the proprietor of that EU trade mark shall also be entitled to prevent all third parties from bringing goods, in the course of trade, into the Union without being released for free circulation there, where such goods, including packaging, come from third countries and bear without authorisation a trade mark which is identical with the EU trade mark registered in respect of such goods, or which cannot be distinguished in its essential aspects from that trade mark.
Gan dochar do chearta dílseánach a gnóthaíodh roimh dháta comhdaithe nó roimh dháta tosaíochta an trádmhairc de chuid AE, beidh dílseánach an trádmhairc sin de chuid AE i dteideal freisin cosc a chur ar gach tríú páirtí earraí a thabhairt isteach san Aontas, i gcúrsa trádála, nach scaoiltear le haghaidh saorchúrsaíochta ansin, más rud é go dtagann earraí den sórt sin, lena n-áirítear pacáistíocht, ó thríú tíortha agus go mbíonn trádmharc orthu, gan údarú, atá comhionann leis an trádmharc de chuid AE a cláraíodh i leith earraí den sórt sin, nó nach féidir a shainghnéithe a idirdhealú ón trádmharc sin.