[Notes on Article 7, contd.]
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106. As a result of the treatment of the question of formalities in the present text of Article 7, the other formalities which might be required pursuant to a registration procedure are now left by the Treaty to national law. In consequence, certain proposals made during the fourth session of the Committee of Experts have not been adopted in the text of Article 7. in the proposals that have not been adopted are those made by the Delegation
Included of Greece, in the name of the member States of the European Communities, that sought:
the inclusion of a provision clarifying that no formalities other than the filing of identifying material, a statement, where appropriate, concerning the date of first commercial exploitation, notification of changes concerning data registered, and the payment of a fee, should be permitted;
a form of provisional protection in respect of the time between creation and the later start of protection; and
the inclusion of an obligation requiring Contracting Parties to provide for the cancellation of invalid registrations.
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