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Regulation (EU) No. 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003, European Union (EU)

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Year of Version 2013 Dates Adopted: June 12, 2013 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Industrial Designs, Trademarks, Geographical Indications, Plant Variety Protection Notes Article 38 of this Regulation states that 'Regulation No. 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 Concerning Customs Actions against Goods Suspected of Infringing Certain Intellectual Property Rights and the Measures to be Taken against Goods Found to have Infringed such Rights' is repealed with effect from 1 January 2014.

Article 39 states that applications granted under the said repealed Regulation shall remain valid for the period specified in the decision granting the application during which the customs authorities are to take action and shall not be extended.

Article 40 states that it shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, which shall apply from 1 January 2014; except for Articles 6, 12(7) and 22(3) which shall apply from 19 July, 2013; and Articles 31(1, 3-7) and 33, which shall apply from the date on which the central database mentioned in Article 32 operates, and which shall be made public by the Commission.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) German Verordnung (EU) Nr. 608/2013 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 12. Juni 2013 zur Durchsetzung der Rechte geistigen Eigentums durch die Zollbehörden und zur Aufhebung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1383/2003 des Rates PDF HTML French Règlement (UE) n° 608/2013 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 12 juin 2013 concernant le contrôle, par les autorités douanières, du respect des droits de propriété intellectuelle et abrogeant le règlement (CE) n° 1383/2003 du Conseil PDF HTML English Regulation (EU) No. 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003 PDF HTML Portuguese Regulamento (UE) n° 608/2013 do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho, de 12 de junho de 2013 , relativo à intervenção das autoridades aduaneiras para assegurar o cumprimento da legislação sobre os direitos de propriedade intelectual e que revoga o Regulamento (CE) n° 1383/2003 do Conselho PDF HTML Italian Regolamento (UE) n. 608/2013 del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio, del 12 giugno 2013, relativo alla tutela dei diritti di proprietà intellettuale da parte delle autorità doganali e che abroga il regolamento (CE) n. 1383/2003 del Consiglio PDF HTML Spanish Reglamento (UE) N° 608/2013 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo de 12 de junio de 2013, relativo a la vigilancia por parte de las autoridades aduaneras del respeto de los derechos de propiedad intelectual y por el que se deroga el Reglamento (CE) N° 1383/2003 del Consejo PDF HTML
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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/582 of 12 April 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013 establishing the forms provided for in Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights (EU229)
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Act of June 30, 2000, on Industrial Property (amended up to Act of March 9, 2023) (PL116)
Act on the Protection of Trade Marks and other Signs (DE309)
Trade Marks Act (consolidated text of January 16, 2023) (EE249)
Act No. 441/2003 Coll., of December 3, 2003, on Trade Marks and Amending Act No. 6/2002 Coll., on Courts, Judges, Presidents and the State Administration of Courts and on Amendment to Some Other Acts (Act on Courts and Judges) [Trade Marks Act, as amended up to Act No. 261/2021 Coll.] (CZ122)
Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to December 23, 2022)  (BG128)
Act on the Legal Protection of Designs  (DE294)
Customs Law (as amended up to October 20, 2021)  (LV153)
Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 468 of August 8, 2017, on Certain Types of Customs Control (as amended on September 1, 2021) (LV154)
Copyright and Related Rights (Marrakesh Treaty etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/995, updated on October 22, 2020)  (GB400)
Law on Industrial Designs (SG No. 81/1999, as amended up to October 27, 2020)  (BG109)
Law on Trademarks and Geographical Indications (SG No. 98/2019, as amended on October 27, 2020)  (BG110)
Trade Marks (Amendment) Law of 2020 (Law No. 63 (I) of 2020)  (CY063)
Act No. 506/2009 Coll. on Trade Marks (as amended up to Act No. 291/2018 Coll.) (SK142)
Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (SG No. 56/1993, as amended up to December 13, 2019) (BG086)
Law on Marks and Geographical Indications (SG No. 81/1999, repealed on December 13, 2019) (BG083)
Customs Act (Act No. 304/2016 of April 29, 2016, as amended up to Act No. 526/2017 of August 11, 2017) (FI161)
The Consolidate Act on the Application of the European Community Regulation on Measures to Prohibit the Release for Free Circulation, Export or Placing under a Suspensive Procedure of Counterfeited and Pirated Goods (Consolidate Act No. 177 of February 21, 2017) (DK222)
Customs Act (consolidated text of January 1, 2016) (EE164)
Decree on the Implementation of Regulation (EU) No. 608/2013 Concerning Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 29/16 ) (SI084)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1352/2013 of 4 December 2013 establishing the forms provided for in Regulation (EU) No. 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights (EU208)
Order No. 1656 of December 27, 2013, on Application of the European Community Regulation Concerning Customs Action Against Goods Suspected of Infringing Certain Intellectual Property Rights and the Measures to be Taken Against Goods Found to Have Infringed such Rights (DK107)
Historical Versions Repeals (1 text(s)) Repeals (1 text(s))
Council Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights (EU051)
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