Ordinance
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Art. 48 Examination by the IPI
1 If an application filed with the IPI does not fulfil the formal requirements of the TmPA, this Ordinance or the Common Regulations to the Madrid Agreement of 18 January 1996103 and the Madrid Protocol, or if the prescribed fees are not paid, the IPI shall set the applicant a time limit to remedy the deficiency.104 2 If the applicant does not remedy the deficiency within the time limit, the IPI shall refuse the application. The IPI may set further time limits in exceptional cases. 104 Amended by No I of the O of 22 Jan. 1997, in force since 1 May 1997 (AS 1997 865). |