Recital 23
(23) In order to facilitate the management by competent authorities of applications, it should be possible for two or more Member States to cooperate in the national phase of the procedures, including with regard to examination, national opposition, submission of applications to the Office, amendment of the product specification and cancellation of the registration; and to decide that one of them is to manage the procedures on behalf of the other Member State or Member States concerned. In those cases, those Member States should, without delay, inform the Commission accordingly and provide information on the main parameters of the cooperation.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.