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Decree No. 2001-1934 of August 14, 2001, fixing the Amount of the Fees relating to Factory, Trade and Service Marks
The President of the Republic,
On a proposal by the Minister of Industry,
Considering Law No. 82-66 on Standardization and Quality, in particular Articles 4 and 17,
Considering Law No. 2001-36 of April 17, 2001 on the Protection of Factory, Trade and Service Marks,
Considering Decree No. 82-1314 of September 24, 1982, on the Organization and Operation of the National Institute of Standardization and Industrial Property, in particular Article 11,
Considering Decree No. 98-2133 of November 2, 1998, on the Amount of the Fees relating to Industrial Property,
Considering the opinion of the Minister of Finance,
Considering the opinion of the Administrative Tribunal.
Hereby decrees:
1. The amount of the fees relating to factory, trade and service marks, as provided for by Articles 7, 10, 13, 14, 16 and 20 of the above Law No. 2001-36 of April 17, 2001, shall be fixed in accordance with the table attached to this Decree.
The amount of these fees shall not include VAT.
2. The fees referred to in Article 1 of this Decree shall be collected according to the same procedures provided for in Table “D” attached to the above Decree No. 98-2133 of November 2, 1998.
3. All previous provisions contrary to this Decree, in particular Table “B” attached to the above Decree No. 98-2133 of November 2, 1998, shall be repealed.
4. The Ministers of Finance and Industry shall be responsible, in accordance with their individual remits, for enforcing this Decree which shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia.
Tunis, August 14, 2001. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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ANNEX
Amount of the Fees Relating to Factory, Trade and Service Marks
Nature of operation Amount of dinars
Deposit of a mark: – deposit – registration, by class of goods or services – deposit priority claim by priority
Two hundred (200) Thirty (30) Thirty (30)
Renewal of a mark: – renewal – registration, by class of goods or services
Two hundred and sixty (260) Seventy (70)
Rectification of material errors observed in the documents for deposit of a mark Fifteen (15) Issue of a mark registration certificate Thirty-six (36) Removal of loss of rights Thirty (30) Entry in the Register of Marks of: – an objection to the registration of a mark – the withdrawal of the deposit of a mark – renunciation of the use of a mark – the transfer of a mark – a mark license – any act modifying a registered mark
One hundred (100) Thirty (30) Thirty (30)
Two hundred (200) One hundred (100)
Forty (40) Issue of a certificate containing a copy of the mark model and information relating to the deposit and registration Twenty-five (25) Issue of a reproduction of the information relating to a mark entered in the Register Twenty-five (25) Issue of a certificate stating that the Register contains no entry relating to the mark Twenty-five (25)
Note: Translation by the International Bureau of WIPO.