Article 2

Office

The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Office’, insti tuted by Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Regulation on the Community trade mark’, shall carry out the tasks entrusted to it by this Regulation.