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S.I. No. 646 of 2006
European Communities (Enforcement of Community Judgments on Trade Marks and
Designs) Regulations 2006
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S.I. No. 646 of 2006
European Communities (Enforcement of Community Judgments on Trade Marks and
Designs) Regulations 2006
I, Micheál Martin, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers
conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and
for the purpose of giving effect to Article 82 of Council Regulation EC/40/1994 on the
Community Trade Mark Regulation1, and to Article 71 of Council Regulation EC/6/2002 on
Community Designs2, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Enforcement of
Community Judgments on Trade Marks and Designs) Regulations 2006.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations:
“Community Judgment on Trade Marks and Designs” means any decision which is
enforceable in accordance with Article 82 of Regulation 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the
Community Trade Mark or in accordance with Article 71 of Regulation 6/2002 of 12
December 2001 on Community Designs;
“enforcement order” means an order made under Regulation 4(1).
1 O.J. L11, 14.1.1994, p.1 2 O.J. L 3, 5.1.2002, p.1
Designation of national authority
3. (1) The High Court is designated as the national authority for the purposes of -
(a) Article 82 of Council Regulation EC/40/1994, and
(b) Article 71 of Council Regulation EC/6/2002.
(2) Regulation 5 of the European Communities (Community Designs) Regulations
2003 (S.I. No. 27 of 2003) is revoked.
Making of enforcement orders
4. (1) The High Court, on application made by the person entitled to enforce a
Community judgment on Trade Marks and Designs and, having verified the authenticity of
the judgment, shall -
(a) make an order for the enforcement of the judgment, and
(b) append the order to the judgment.
(2) Where a sum of money is payable under a Community judgment which is to
be enforced, the enforcement order shall provide that the amount payable shall be such sum
in the currency of the State as, on the basis of the rate of exchange prevailing at the date on
which the Community judgment was originally given, is equivalent to the sum payable.
(3) Where it appears that a Community judgment on Trade Marks and Designs
under which a sum of money is payable has been partly satisfied at the date of the application
under subsection (1), the enforcement order applied for shall be made only for the balance
remaining payable at that date.
(4) Where, after the date of appending an enforcement order to a Community
judgment on Trade Marks and Designs under which a sum of money is payable, it is shown
that the judgment had been partly or wholly satisfied as of that date, the High Court shall vary
or cancel the enforcement order accordingly, with effect from that date.
Effect of enforcement order
5. For all purposes of execution -
(a) a Community judgment on Trade Marks and designs to which an
enforcement order is appended has the same force and effect,
(b) proceedings may be taken on the judgment, and
(c) any sum payable under the judgment shall carry interest,
as if the judgment were a judgment or order of the High Court made on the date of appending
the enforcement order to the judgment.
Suspension of enforcement of Community judgment on Trade Marks and Designs
6. An order of the Court of Justice of the European Communities suspending
enforcement of a Community judgment on Trade Marks and Designs operates to suspend
enforcement of that judgment for the period and on the conditions, if any, stated in the order.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
14th December 2006.
Micheál Martin L.S.
Minister for Enterprise, Trade
and Employment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
The purpose of these Regulations, made under the European Communities Act, 1972 is to ensure that decisions, accompanied by an Order for costs, made by the Community Trade Mark and Industrial Design registration office better known as OHIM, can be executed in Ireland. OHIM is a Community body whose main function is to register trade marks and designs which have unitary effect throughout the Community. The regulations nominate the High Court as the competent authority before which such orders should be brought for execution.