Authorized industrial property attorney

THE EUROPEAN UNION

THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR,

FAMILY, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND ELDERLY AMPOSDRU

The European Social Fund

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THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND

The Sectoral Operational Program Human Resources Development 2007

– 2013

Priority Axis 3 “INCREASING ADAPTABILITY OF WORKERS

AND ENTERPRISES”

Key Area of Intervention 3.3 “Development of partnerships and

encouraging initiatives for social partners and civil society”

Project title: “The Network of Competent Authorities for Professional

Qualifications in Romania (IMI PQ NET Romania)”

Beneficiary: the Ministry of National Education

Contract no.: POSDRU/93/3.3/S/53132

Deliverable 30.1

„Certification and Recognition Guidelines for the

Profession of Authorized Industrial Property Attorney”

ETS dr. eng. Ionel POPA

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Ionel POPA

Certification and Recognition Guidelines for the

Profession of Authorized Industrial Property Attorney

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction............................................................................... 5

I Regulation status for the industrial property attorney

profession in Romania and in the European Union ... 7

1.1 The legislation applicable to the industrial

property attorney profession in Romania ….…..... 7

1.2 Conditions regarding the access to the industrial

property attorney regulated profession in Romania 11

1.3 Landmarks for the industrial property attorney

profession in the EU states ……………...……….. 19

II Validation / certification procedures for the

competences applied by the competent authorities in

the countries where the industrial property

attorney’s profession is being regulated ……………...

28

III Recognition processes for the qualifications achieved

in other EU Member States ………………………… 33

3.1 The procedure for the recognition of the industrial

property attorney’s profession …………………. 33

3.2 The European citizens’ application to SOLVIT …. 36

IV The practising of the industrial property attorney’s

profession in Romania ……………………...………… 40

4.1 The deontological code applicable to the industrial

property attorney’s profession …..………………. 41

Conclusions ............................................................................... 44

Bibliography ............................................................................. 48

List of acronyms used ……………………………………….. 49

Annexes ………………………………………………………. 50

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Introduction

These “Certification and Recognition Guidelines for

information on the profession of industrial property attorney”

account for one of the multiple results of the project “The Network of

Competent Authorities for Professional Qualifications in Romania”

IMI PQ NET Romania, drawn up for the information of the project

social partners and of the large audience in relation to the way the

industrial property attorney profession can be certified and

recognized.

The activity for the elaboration of these Guidelines contributes

to the achieving of the general goal of the IMI PQ NET Romania

project, consisting in the creation and consolidation of the Internal

Market Information System (IMI) for the professional qualifications

in Romania.

The importance of the industrial property attorney profession

is given by the fact that the progress and prosperity of humanity

depends on its creativity in the technical and cultural fields, therefore

the legal protection of the new creations encourages the investments

and leads to other innovations and promotes the protection of

intellectual property, which stimulates the economic growth by

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creating new jobs and fields of business for the declared goal of

improving the quality of life.

An effective and fair national industrial property system may be

helpful for the exploitation of the intellectual property potential,

which is a powerful instrument for economic growth and social and

cultural progress. This system contributes to the establishment of a

balance between the innovator's interests and the public interest,

therefore creating an environment that is fit for creativity and

invention for the overall benefit of the society.

The intellectual property rights reward the human creativity and

effort that is the engine of the humanity’s progress [1]. The following

fields are subject to the national legislation on industrial property:

invention patents (valid for 20 years);

geographical marks and indications ;

industrial drawings and models;

semiconductor product topography;

additional protection certificates (for plant protection

products and medicines );

utility models;

These “Certification and Recognition Guidelines for the

industrial property attorney profession” refer to the industrial

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property attorney profession in Romania, providing also information

on the European patent attorneys.

Being convinced of the industrial property significance, we

might say that the results of the industrial property attorney’s work

significantly contributes to the nation’s economic, social and cultural

development.

I. Regulation status for the industrial property

attorney profession in Romania and in the European

Union

1.1. The legislation applicable to the industrial property

attorney profession in Romania

The authorized industrial property attorneys are organized

under the jurisdiction of the National Chamber of Industrial Property

Attorneys (CNCPIR). The activity of the industrial property attorney

consists in providing specialized support in the industrial property

field and the representation of the interested Romanian or foreign

individuals and companies before the State Office for Inventions and

Trademarks, as well as before third parties (such as the Customs

National Authority) during the regulated procedures.

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The “authorized industrial property attorney” profession, with

Code 261918 in the Romanian Occupational Classification (COR), is

being regulated in Romania under the supervision of two competent

authorities, i.e.: the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks

(OSIM) and the National Chamber of Industrial Property Attorneys

(CNCPIR). Each competent authority has well defined duties

regarding the access to the profession and the actual performance of

the activity.

The National Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors,

hereinafter referred to as the Chamber or CNCPIR, was established

for the national and international representation and protection of the

interests of the industrial property attorneys registered with the

Chamber.

The Chamber issues free practice authorizations for the

practicing of the attorney profession in view of the registration with

the fiscal administrations.

The Chamber is a professional, non-governmental, apolitical

organization without any lucrative purpose and with legal personality,

which caries out its national public utility activity by self-financing

and its members are industrial property attorneys, i.e. individuals.

The Chamber is established and functions under the following

laws:

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1. Government Ordinance no. 66/2000, republished under

Article II in the Law no. 331/2006 for the amendment and completion

of the Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the organization

and practicing of the industrial property attorney profession,

published in the Romanian Official Gazette, Part I no. 646 dated July

26th, 2006 and amended and completed according to the Law no.

437/27.06.2002.

2. Instructions no. 108 dated October 17th, 2002 for the

application of the Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the

organization and practicing of the industrial property attorney

profession, issued by the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks

and published in the Romanian Official Gazette nr. 826 dated

November 15th, 2002;

3. National Chamber of Industrial Property Attorneys Bylaws1,

with the amendments made during the January 2011 Conference;

4. Deontological Code2 for the industrial property attorney

profession;

5. Government Urgency Ruling no. 49/20.05.2009 regarding

the service providers’ freedom to settle down and their freedom to

1 http://www.patent-chamber.ro/word/statut_CNCPIR_2011.pdf

2 http://www.patent-chamber.ro/word/cod_deontologic_2011.pdf

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provide services in Romania, Published in Part I of the Romanian

Official Gazette no. 366/01.06.2009.

The Chamber has legal personality since September 23rd

, 2000,

the date when the Government Urgency Ruling no. 66/2000 came

into force and is seated in Bucharest.

With strict reference to the authorized industrial property

attorney profession, the Chamber has several duties out of which:

a) to assure the practising of the industrial property attorney

profession provided that the professional deontology conditions are

met;

b) to manage and to forward each month to the State Office for

Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) records on its members with an

indication of the company or units where they work, if applicable;

c) to defend the professional interests of its members;

d) to nationally and internationally work with the bodies in the

field;

e) to participate and to be actively involved in the

organization of the industrial property attorney exam.

Although the Chamber analyzed the elaboration of an

occupational standard for the authorized industrial property attorney

profession, at this moment there is no such framework document

regarding this profession.

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1.2. Conditions regarding the access to the industrial

property attorney regulated profession in Romania

The State Office for Inventions and Trademarks is the

depository of the Industrial Property Attorney National Register that

includes:

a) the list of the industrial property attorneys established in

Romania.

b) the list of the industrial property attorneys temporarily

providing industrial property services in Romania.

The position of a industrial property attorney3 may be

achieved following the promotion of an exam passed in front of the

State Office for Inventions and Trademarks. According to the

provisions laid down in the Romanian Government Ordinance no. 66

/ 2000, regarding the organization and practicing of the industrial

property attorney profession, the exam may be taken by the candidate

who meets the following conditions in aggregate:

3 http://legeaz.net/og-66-2000-consilier-proprietate-industriala/art-5-

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a) he/she is a Romanian citizen, a citizen of a Member State

of the European Union or of the European Economic Area;

b) his/her domicile, residence or registered office is in

Romania;

c) he/she has full practicing capacity;

d) he/she has technical, scientific or legal higher education;

e) he/she practiced for at least 3 years in his/her basic

professional training and of at least 3 years in the industrial property

field (the two periods of time may totally or partially overlap);

f) he/she has not been irrevocably sentenced for an action laid

down in the criminal legislation, which would make him/her

unworthy of being an industrial property attorney.

The law lays down – both for the specialists4 in the industrial

property field who were employees of OSIM for at least five years,

and for the teaching staff proving to having taught the industrial

property subject in accredited or authorized law schools for at least

five years prior to the submission of the application for becoming a

industrial property attorney – that the exam in front of the State

Office for Inventions and Trademarks no longer has to be taken for

4 http://legeaz.net/og-66-2000-consilier-proprietate-industriala/art-6-

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the industrial property field they had carried out their activity in

during the said five years.

The objects of the industrial property right for which the

exam laid down in Article 5 of the Ordinance 66/2000 is taken are the

following:

a) invention patents;

b) geographical marks and indications;

c) industrial drawings and models;

d) semiconductor product topography.

The exam is organized for each industrial property object;

therefore, for the first case – the invention patents – it may consist in

the following examinations:

a) a theoretical examination including 10-15 questions

regarding the knowledge for the application of the national and

international legislation in the field of invention patents;

b) a hands-on test for writing down the claims and the parts

of an invention description, starting from the execution examples,

including drawings – when applicable -, the technical stage indicated

by the client and the filling out of a patent application form;

c) a hands-on test including – as applicable:

- writing down a response to a notice forwarded by a patent

office regarding the existence of a patentable invention; or

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- writing down an objection or an application for the

revocation of the decision to grant a patent issued by the State Office

for Inventions and Trademarks; or

- writing down a statement of defence to a revocation

application applicable to a patent issue decision made by the State

Office for Inventions and Trademarks.

The specific exam organized for the geographical mark and

indication field may consist in the following tests:


regarding the knowledge for the application of the legislation in the

geographical mark and indication protection field;

b) a hands-on test including – as applicable:

- the creation of a regulatory deposit for the application for a

Romanian applicant or a foreign applicant; or

- the creation of a regulatory deposit by a Romanian

application for the national or international registration of a mark

abroad;

- a test in the geographical indication field;

c) a hands-on test for supporting in writing a temporary

refusal endorsement, an opposition or an objection.

The exam organized for the industrial drawing and model

field may consist in the following tests:

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regarding the knowledge for the application of the legislation in the

industrial drawing and model protection field ;

b) a hands-on test including:

- the creation of a regulatory deposit of an application for

registration of a industrial drawing and/or model, including to draw

up a description of a industrial drawing and/or model based on a

graphical representation;

- the supporting in writing of an opposition to the registration

or of an objection regarding a industrial drawing and/or model.

The exam organized for the semiconductor product

topographies field may consist in the following tests:


regarding the knowledge for the application of the national and

international legislation in the field of semiconductor product

topographies;

b) a hands-on test including:

- the creation of the national regulatory deposit for the

registration of a semiconductor product topography; or

- the response to a letter sent by a client who wants to know

about the protection of some semiconductor product topographies; or

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- the supporting in writing of an objection regarding the

registration of a semiconductor product topography.

The procedures regarding the access and monitoring after

achieving the industrial property attorney profession are summarized

in figures 1 and 2, where the role of each competent authority is being

delimited both when achieving the industrial property attorney quality

and the conditions that have to be met for maintaining it .

The main “qualities” the industrial property attorney has to

have are the following:

- to know all the regulatory acts applicable to the field he/she

is authorized for (i.e. patents / trademarks / drawings and models);

- to correctly express himself/herself in Romanian both

written and spoken;

- to speak at least one of the international languages: English,

French, German, i.e. he/she has to correctly and fluently express

himself/herself both written and spoken.

- to properly know a technical field in the patent attorney case

(example: mechanics, chemistry, etc.).

- moreover, the industrial property attorney has to have an

irreproachable moral status.

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START

DEPUNERE DOSAR EXAMEN

EVALUARE

DOSAR

CONSTITUIREA COMISIEI DE

EXAMEN

DESFĂŞURARE

EXAMEN

ACHITARE TAXĂ ELIBERARE

CERTIFICAT ATESTARE

ÎNSCRIEREA ÎN CNCPIR

PUBLICAREA ÎN BOPI

STOP

- cerere de înscriere;- curriculum vitae;- copie certificat de naştere- copie diploma de absolvire- cazier judiciar- copie carnet de muncă însoţită de o adeverinţă care să ateste o practică de cel puţin 3 ani în profesia de bază- adeverinţă avizată de CNCPIR care să ateste o practică de trei ani în domeniul proprietăţii industriale- dovada de plată a taxei de examinare

DA

NU

NU

SCHEMA LOGICĂ DE OBŢINERE A CERTIFICATULUI DE ATESTARE ÎN

PROFESIA REGLEMENTATĂ DE CONSILIER ÎN PROPRIETATE

INDUSTRIALĂ

Rezultatele examenului pot fi contestate în termen de 15 zile de la comunicare şi sunt reanalizate de o comisie constituită în acest scop, al cărei preşedinte este directorul general al Oficiului de Stat pentru invenţii şi Mărci sau împuternicitul acestuia.

DA

Fig .1 The activity carried out by the State Office for Inventions and

Trademarks for access to the industrial property attorney profession

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START

DEPUNERE DOSAR

AUTORIZARE

LA CNCPIR

EVALUARE

DOSAR

ELIBERARE AUTORIZARE DE

LIBERĂ PRACTICĂ

ÎNSCRIEREA ÎN CNCPIR

TRANSMITEREA LISTELOR

ACTUALIZATE CU CONSILIERII

PE DOMENII CĂTRE OSIM

STOP

- cerere de autorizare in care să fie precizat domeniul în proprietate industrială pentru care se optează să se profeseze;- copie certificat OSIM- copie certificat de naştere- copie diploma de absolvire- cazier judiciar- copie act de proprietate/închiriere a sediului de practică a profesiei;- precizarea formei de organizare a profesiei pentru care se optează: cabinet individual/ asociat, societate civilă profesională de proprietate industrială, societate comercială având ca unic obiect de activitate domeniul proprietăţii industriale- dovada de plată a taxei de înscriereDA

NU

SCHEMA LOGICĂ DE OBŢINERE A DREPTULUI DE LIBERĂ PRACTICĂ

ÎN PROFESIA REGLEMENTATĂ DE CONSILIER ÎN PROPRIETATE

INDUSTRIALĂ AUTORIZAT

ELIBERARE LEGITIMAŢIE DE

CONSILIER ÎN PROPRIETATEA

INDUSTRIALĂ

CONDIŢII DE MENŢINERE

Plata taxei anuale

Menţinerea condiţiilor de

compatibilitate iniţiale

Fig. 2 The activity carried out by the National Chamber of Industrial

Property Counsellors for access to the industrial property attorney

profession

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1.3 Landmarks for the industrial property attorney

profession in the EU states

The Czech Republic.

In the Czech Republic the access to the industrial property

attorney profession is being regulated by the Law issued by the

Parliament on June 10th, 2004 for this particular purpose and basically

the regulations are extremely similar to those laid down in the

Romanian system. At national level, in the Czech Republic there is a

registry of the industrial property attorneys, kept by Chamber of

Patent Attorneys, an institution seated in Brno.

The conditions for joining the Chamber are: the Czech or

European Economic Area citizenship, a graduate of academic studies,

passing an exam in front of a commission appointed by the Industrial

Property Office, which consists in two tests: written and oral. The

examination commission includes two members appointed by the

Chamber of Patent Attorneys and two members appointed by the

NPO. Moreover, just as in Romania, the candidates have to meet the

condition saying that prior to the examination, they should have had

3 years of practice in industrial property.

Following the promotion of the exam and the confirmed that all the

access conditions as a Chamber member, the candidate takes a

specific oath in front of the President of the Chamber.

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Germany

In Germany the profession is not being regulated, although at

national level there is a registry for the identification of the industrial

property attorneys kept by the Industrial Property Attorney

Association (Patentanwaltskammer5). The Industrial Property

Attorney Association is seated in München6 and Duisburg

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respectively. The access conditions are the following: a graduate of

technical academic studies and practice in the field, or 10 years as an

employee working for a industrial property department, or 34 months

of training, out of which 26 under the supervision of a industrial

property attorney or of the patent agent per department, plus 2 months

at the German Office for Inventions and Trademarks (Deutsches

Patent - und Markenamt, DPMA) and 6 months at the Federal Court

for Patents (Bundespatengericht). In both cases, the candidate has to

attend a training program in the legal field, which can also be in the

form of distance learning (Fernuniversität Hagen) and a final exam.

The final exam for joining the Industrial Property Attorney

Association includes two written tests and an oral test, and after

5 www.patentanwalt.de

6 Patentanwaltskammer (PAK) Tal 29 80331 München, Germany,

www.patentanwalt.de , Uhlandstr. 1 7 47239 Duisburg, Germany, www.vpppatent.de, Bundesverband der

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passing them the candidate’s name is entered in the “Registry for the

identification of the industrial property attorneys”.

Denmark.

In Denmark the profession is not being regulated and there is no

registry for the identification of the industrial property attorneys. The

profession is practiced through two private professional associations:

the Association of Danish Intellectual Property Attorneys ADIPA8

and the Danish Association for Industry-Applied Patents (Dansk

Forening for Industriens Patentog Varemærkespecialister9);

The attorneys may join the industrial property associations if they

meet the following conditions regarding the professional practice: 3

years of practice in order to join them as a member with full rights , 1

year of practice in order to become an associate member - for

industry (in this case in order to become a member the person should

be employed by a Danish industrial enterprise or an institution that is

the partner of such an enterprise dealing with the intellectual property

rights – patents, trademarks, etc.). No examination is necessary for

joining the professional associations.

8 www.adipa.dk

9 www.dipinfo.dk

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Training takes place in: the Danish Institute for Intellectual

Property Rights, (Dansk Institut for Immaterialretsuddannelse -

DIFI10

), the Centre for International Industrial Property Studies

CEIPI11

or EPCtutors12

, which is a non-profit association organizing

classes with the main objective of preparing the students for passing

the European examination for qualification in the profession.

Spain

In Spain the profession is not being regulated, but there is a

record of industrial property attorneys within the State Office

(Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas – OEPM13

). The registration

in this record is done through two associations, one for the industrial

property attorneys at national level - the Association of Industrial

Property Agents (Colegio Oficial de Agentes de la Propriedad

Industrial - COAPI14

) and the other one for industrial property

attorneys at international level – the Spanish Association of Industrial

and Intellectual Property Agents (Asociación de Agentes Españoles

Autorizados ante Organizaciones Internacionales de Propriedad

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www.difi.dk 11

www.ceipi.dk 12

www.epctutors.dk 13

www.oepm.es 14

Calle de la Montera, 13 28013 Madrid, Spain

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Industrial e Intelectual - AGESORPI15

). The entry into these

professional associations means that you have to be a graduate of the

technical academic education and although no conditions are

necessary for the hands-on experience, you would have to take an

examination before a commission composed of the members in the

State Office and COAPI. The training courses are mainly organized

under the supervision of COAPI.

Great Britain.

In Great Britain, the responsible governmental authority is the

Intellectual Property Office. The Depository of the Register for the

industrial property attorneys is the Intellectual Property Regulation

Board - IPReg16

. There are two titles for the industrial property

attorney, i.e. the Patent Attorney and the Trade Mark Attorney. The

representative association for this profession is The Chartered

Institute of Patent Attorneys - CIPA17

.

The access to this profession is done through a series of

examinations that can be taken only by the qualified persons who

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Paseo de Gracia, 65 bis 08008, Barcelona, Spain 16

http://ipreg.org.uk/public/what-is-an-attorney/what-to-expect-from-an-

attorney/ 17

95 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1DT United Kingdom

www.cipa.org.uk/pages/home

Formatted: Italian (Italy)

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hold degrees issued by an university in Great Britain, the Technical

University or another qualification deemed by the Joint Examination

Board (JEB) as being equivalent. Basically, it involves passing six

partials that the candidate is not obligated to take if he/she attends a

training course and takes two final examinations. Although for taking

the exams no hands-on period is required, for entering the National

Register at least two years of hands-on full-time activity is required,

which has to be supervised by a custodian (a mandatory or industrial

property attorney) or four years of full-time activity identification

level the respective intellectual property field, including in the State

Office for Inventions and Trademarks in Great Britain. The two final

examinations are focused on the interpretation / validity of patents

and the counselling for obtaining them and are organized by the JEB

Examination Commission, a commission including also members in

the CIPA association.

Italy

In Italy the Register of industrial property attorneys is

subordinated to the Order of Industrial Property Attorneys (Ordine

dei Consulenti in Proprietà Industriale - OCPI18

). Although the

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Via G. Donizetti 1/A 20122 Milan, Italy, www.ordine-brevetti.it

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profession is not being regulated, there are some access conditions:

the person should be a graduate of a higher education institution in

Italy or abroad and recognized in Italy – with at least three years of

studies. The hands-on activity is also necessary: 18 months of training

at a company or specialized services under the supervision provided

by a custodian (an industrial property attorney with at least 5 years of

experience).

The registration in the Probationer Register is mandatory for the

person to have access to the final qualification exam. Similar to the

legal provisions in Romania, the examination is not necessary for the

Italian citizens having been employed as examiners at the European

Patent Office (EPO) or for the employees with management positions

for at least five years at the Italian Office for Inventions and

Trademarks (Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi – UIBM19

).

The final exam consists in 2 hands-on tests regarding the patents

and trademarks and the testing of the legislative competences in the

specific field of the industrial property and an oral test in: the

international legislation applicable to the industrial property,

linguistic skills (English, French or German as foreign languages) and

technological knowledge in chemistry, mechanics or electronics, as

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applicable. If a candidate comes from the European Qualifying

Examination (EQE) he/she is allowed to take the final examination

without the hands-on activity being a prerequisite.

The Netherlands.

In the Netherlands, the registration of patent attorneys is done

through the Dutch Patent Register (NL Octrooicentrum20

). We also

have to add that in the Netherlands, the office is not structured based

on Patents and Trademarks, but only on Patents as for the trademarks

there is a common law and a common Office for the BENELUX).

The representative association at national level is the Order of

Industrial Property Attorneys seated in The Hague (Orde van

Octrooigemachtigden21

).

The conditions for having access to this association are as

follows: the person has to having been awarded an academic degree

for a science branch, technology, engineering or agriculture and

should have 3 years of practice in the industrial property field. The

examination for the registration in the Patent Register is done through

a written paper based on six modules:

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www. register.octrooicentrum.nl 21 Prinses Beatrixlaan 2 2595 AL Den Haag, The Netherlands

www.octrooigemachtigde. nl

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1) general legislation (3.5 h)

2) patent specific laws (3h)

3) other international laws (3 h)

4) drawing up a counselling report in a patent-related issue (8 h)

5) drawing up a patent application

6) argumentation for a patent (4 hours for one patent)

The examination commission is appointed by the Ministry of

Economy and is composed of representatives of the State Office.

Portugal

In Portugal, the Register of industrial property attorneys is

subordinated to the National Institute for Industrial Property (Instituto

Nacional de Propriedade Industrial INPI22

). The representative

associations at national level are the Portuguese Association of

Mandatories to the European Patent Office (Associação Portuguesa

dos Mandatários Europeus de Patentes AMEP23

) and the Association

of Industrial Property Attorneys (Associação dos Consultores em

Propriedade Industrial ACPI24

). The conditions for having access to

this profession are as follows: the person should have obtained an

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www.marcasepatentes.pt 23

Rua Vitor Córdon,14 1249-103 Lisboa, Portugal 24

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academic degree following at least 3 years of studies and should have

an Office either in Portugal on within the European Economic Area.

The exam for being entered in the national register consists in two

tests - written and oral – supervised and evaluated by a commission

from the National Institute for Industrial Property.

II. Validation / certification procedures for the

competences applied by the competent authorities in

the countries where the industrial property

attorney’s profession is being regulated

The data provided by the European Commission (EC

25) at EU

level indicate that there are 17 states where the industrial property

attorney’s profession is being regulated: Austria, Belgium, The Czech

Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Germany, Ireland, Italy,

Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,

Slovakia, Sweden and Great Britain. In all of these states, the applied

general recognition procedure is the one laid down in Directive

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2005/36/EC regarding the professional qualification recognition by

directly applying to the competent authority in the Member State.

The profession regulated at regional / European level and

truly liberal at European level is the Patent European Attorney

profession regulated by the European Patent Convention26

, Article

134 (EPC), adopted in Munchen on October 5th, 1973. The access to

the European Attorney’s profession is done by taking an exam before

the European Patent Office (EPO) or through the application of the

clause stipulated by Article 134, paragraph (3) in the Convention

(Grandfather clause). The European attorneys having the right to

practice before the European Patent Office (EPO) have to be

members in the Institute of Professional Representatives before the

European Patent Office (EPI).

At national level, each European country has its own specific

legislation but for the protection of the industrial property throughout

the European Union the attorneys have to be authorized under the

supervision provided by a custodian and based on an exam organized

by EPI.

The European Patent Institute’s portfolio includes the

following objectives:

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- to cooperate with the European Patent Organisation

(EPO27

) in issues regarding the European patent attorney’s protection

especially with reference to the regulations required for the

examination that has to be taken for obtaining the qualification as a

European patent attorney;

- to support and disseminate the activity and novelties in the

industrial property field to its members;

- to promote the compliance with the code of professional

ethics by its members;

- to provide the connection – together with the EPO and other

institutions – regarding all the aspects on the industrial property, with

focus mainly on invention patents .

The EPI activity is carried out mainly in the working

commissions composed of members with proper experience in the

relevant fields of business, members who are nominated by the

national groups and elected by the EPI Council based on their

expertise and notoriety. At the moment, there are approximately

twenty active EPI commissions, each of them being in charge with its

field of responsibility and providing regular reports including

comments and recommendations for the EPI Council. These

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commissions are essential for the provision of proper information and

advice to the Management Board and the Council.

Therefore, EPI is the organization representing – at European

level – the interests of the European patent attorneys. It constantly

provides the improvement of its members’ professional practice and

conduct standards. Moreover, it contributes to the development of

intellectual property right protection at international level and

promotes the training of young people who want to have access to the

European patent attorney’s profession.

In order to become a European patent attorney, the person has

to hold the proper qualification in the science and technology fields.

Following the graduation of such academic studies, the

candidate shall carry out his/her professional activity in the industrial

property field, i.e. in the invention patent field, preferably under the

supervision provided by a qualified professional representative of by

an EPI custodian. The practical professional activity shall be focused

on learning how to solve the industrial property protection issues and

can be cried out in private units or an industrial enterprise. The

supervised professional activity (probation) lasts for at least three

years.

After the probation ends, the candidate may apply for taking

the European qualification exam. Several stages shall be necessary

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for taking the exam and first of all they require that the candidate

passes the pre-examination stage consisting in a multiple choice test

indicating whether or not the candidate has the minimum knowledge

for taking the exam. Only after passing the pre-examination stage the

candidate may apply for the main (final) exam.

The main exam consists in four written tests covering a three-

day period and their promotion means that the candidate is qualified

and allowed to have access to the European patent attorney’s

profession.

The EPI also includes the Professional Education Committee

(PEC), which is a consultative body of the EPI Council on issues

related to education and professional qualification. Each Member

State has a representative within the Professional Education

Committee who is also in charge with the various activities specific to

the Committee’s field of business, such as the organization of

custodian activity and the preparation of the EPI students for taking

the attestation exam for the European patent attorney’s profession.

The Professional Education Committee (PEC) is convened

regularly in order to discus issues related to education, qualification

and assessment. The current affairs on the PEC agenda are the low

rate of success achieved by the candidates in the exams and the

continuous training for the representatives of this profession. The

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goal is to take certain actions that – as applicable – may be taken in

order to improve the rate of success for the promotion of the exam for

access to the European patent attorney’s profession (European

Qualifying Examination (EQE)). For this purpose the candidates, the

custodians and the PEC maintain in permanent dialogue.

The continuous training and the organization of various

seminars or other forms of training for all the EPI members in a very

important task for the PEC in order to maintain the industrial property

attorney’s profession in Europe a competitive one.

Another important task taken over by the PEC is the

integration of the industrial property attorneys in the future Member

States in the European Patent Convention (EPC) or in the countries

that have recently acceded to the qualification European system in

order to maintain a high level of professional education in the

European qualification system.

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III. Recognition processes for the qualifications

achieved in other EU Member States

3.1 The procedure for the recognition of the industrial

property attorney’s profession

The citizen of a Member State in the European Union (EU) or

of another state in the European Economic Area (EEA) may practice

– under certain conditions – the industrial property attorney’s

profession in Romania if he/she complies with the legal requirements,

mainly those laid down in Article 8, paragraph (1) in Ordinance

66/2000. Therefore, the person having obtained the industrial

property attorney’s qualification in the Member State of origin or

provenance may ask for the recognition of his/her degree in order to

be accepted for the industrial property attorney’s profession and for

practicing it in Romania (Article 8, paragraph (2) Ordinance

66/2000).

The citizen of a Member State in the European Union or of

another state in the European Economic Area shall prove the

fulfilment of the conditions laid down in Article 5 d) and e) in

Ordinance no. 66/2000, approved according to Law no.

437/27.06.2002 and amended and completed by Law no. 331/2006

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with the documents issued by the competent authorities in the state of

origin or provenance, which are recognized or equivalated under the

law (Article 8, paragraph (3) Ordinance no. 66/2000).

The provisions laid down in Article 8 in Ordinance no.

66/2000, approved by Law no. 437/27.06.2002, amended and

completed by Law no. 331/2006, completed by the provisions laid

down in Law no. 200/2004 regarding the recognition of diplomas and

professional qualifications for the professions regulated in Romania,

with current amendments, as well as the provisions laid down in the

treaties signed by Romania (Article 8, paragraph (5) Ordinance nr

66/2000).

Therefore, the citizen of a Member State of the European

Union or of another state of the European Economic Area may

practice the industrial property attorney’s profession in Romania if

he/she complies with the conditions laid down in the law, according

to Article 8, paragraphs (1)÷(5) in Ordinance no. 66/2000.

According to article 26 in the Ordinance, as an exception, the

citizens of the EU Member States or of other states that are part of

the European Economic Area and who have settled down in any of

these states for practising the industrial property attorney’s

profession may carry out occasional or temporary activities that are

specific to this profession in Romania by filing a declaration to the

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National Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors (CNCPIR).

The declaration shall indicate:

- the person’s first and last names ;

- the professional title in the state where the person has

settled down or – if no such title exists – the academic title;

- the entitling and address of the competent authority in the

country where the person has settled down, if the profession is

subject to authorization in that country, his/her office in the country

where the person has settled down;

- the register in which he/she is recorded in the country

where the person has settled down,

- the registration number or another means of identification

equivalent in this register,

- the place where he/she caries out his/her activity in

Romania and his/her mailing address.

The applicant’s declaration shall also be accompanied by the

following documents:

a) the proof of his/her citizenship;

b) the document certifying that its holder is legally settled

down in a Member States of the EU or in another state part of the

European Economic Area for practising the industrial property

attorneys’ profession and that at the time of filing the application

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he/she is not the subject of any interdiction from practicing the

profession, even if temporarily;

c) the proof of his/her professional qualification or – if in

the Member State where the person has settled down the industrial

property attorney’s is not being regulated – the proof issued by the

competent authorities in this country saying that its holder has

exercised the activities specific to this profession for at least 2 of the

last 10 years.

3.2 The European citizens’ application to SOLVIT

SOLVIT is a problem solving network through which the EU

Member States and other three countries (Iceland, Lichtenstein,

Norway) cooperate without using any legal proceedings for solving

the problems arising due to the inappropriate application by the

public authorities of the legislation regarding the internal market.

SOLVIT deals with the cross-border problems between an

enterprise or a citizen (on one hand) and a public authority (on the

other hand) where there is the possibility that the community

legislation was incorrectly applied. The fields where the problems are

very frequent and where there are complaints to be treated via

SOLVIT are as follows:

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• the professional recognition of qualifications and diplomas /

degrees;

• the access to education;

• residency permits;

• the rights to vote;

• the social security;

• the rights to occupy a position;

• the driver’s licenses;

• the registration of motor vehicles;

• the border control;

• the access of products to the market;

• the access of services to the market;

• settling down as an independent;

• public procurements;

• taxation;

• the free movement of capitals and payments;

In each of the EU Member States and the three countries

mentioned above there is a SOLVIT centre providing these services

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free of charge. In Romania the SOLVIT28

is established under the

jurisdiction of the Department for European Affairs.

The diagram for the resolution of the applications filed by the

nationals coming to Romania, who believe they have been wronged

by the incorrect application of the internal market legislation, is

provided in Figure 1.

Any complaint sent via SOLVIT is solved by following four

stages:

Fig. 1 Complaint resolution via SOLVIT

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Guvernul României, Departamentul pentru Afaceri Europene, Bvd.

Aviatorilor nr. 50A, Sector 1, Bucuresti 011854, Romania,

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Stage 1 – the acceptance of the case based on the verification

of the action legality and if the documents included in the application

by the centre of origin are not sufficient, additional documents are

requested;

Stage 2 – the receipt of the solution: the competent authority

involved in the filed case is contacted and cooperates so that the

proper solution is found pursuant to the European legislation;

Stage 3 – the proposal of the solution (implemented or not),

which has to be real, practical and consistent with the European

legislation;

Stage 4 – the monitoring of the solution if it was not

implemented when making the proposal. A case is deemed as having

been solved only when the solution is implemented and solves the

applicant’s problem.

For the Romanian citizens who want to use SOLVIT in an

EU Member State, the contact details regarding the national points

and the contact persons may be found on the European Commission

webpage29

. (Annex 1 – for the countries studied as part of the IMI PQ

NET Romania project).

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The EU Member States have to intensify their efforts in order

to make sure that the individuals and companies can effectively make

use of their rights related to the unique market, guaranteeing an

effective application and the execution of the legislation regarding the

unique market by the national courts by providing high-quality e-

governing information, instruments and procedures, as well as by

making investments into mechanisms designed for quick solving of

problems.

The SOLVIT potential is still insufficiently exploited as a key

instrument for solving problems at national / European level, partly

because of the insufficient number of employees working for the

various SOLVIT centres and at the same extent due to the insufficient

information of the European citizens on the competences of these

centres.

IV. The practising of the industrial property attorney’s

profession in Romania

The industrial property attorney who is a member in the

Chamber has the right to freely accede to other forms of professional

association compatible with his/her profession (Article 19 Ordinance

66/2000).

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Therefore, pursuant to Article 20 in Ordinance 66/2000, the

free practice industrial property attorneys carry out their activity in

authorized individual offices, associated individual offices based on a

contract, professional civil societies – legal entities or trading

companies having the industrial property field as their unique field of

business.

Moreover, the authorized industrial property attorney may

also practice his/her profession as an employee specialized in the

industrial property protection field within an unit or a trading

company having a field of business other than the industrial property

(Article 21 paragraph (1) Ordinance 66/2000).

The industrial property attorney has a noble mission, that is to

defend the ownership over the creation of the human mind – the

intellectual property, with an important part hereof, the industrial

property. This area includes the human intelligence achievements that

have led to the resolution of various applicative problems and that

have generated reproducible solutions at industrial level.

Each month OSIM published in the Industrial Property Official

Bulletin (BOPI) the lists including the attorneys having the right to

practice the profession as well as their forms of organization where

they carry out their activity, according to the data communicated by

the Chamber.

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4.1 The deontological code applicable to the industrial

property attorney’s profession

The entire activity carried out by the industrial property

attorneys is based on the “Professional Deontology Code”, which

includes well structured rules that have to be complied with.

Therefore:

1. The industrial property attorneys shall comply with the

deontological code without taking into account their personal

interests or other indications or interests.

2. The industrial property attorneys have to practice their

professional activity with honesty, loyalty and courtesy.

3. The excuses and motivations in the cases of deviation from

the professional morality are not accepted. In his/her office, the

industrial property attorney is liable for the application of the

deontological code principle for all his/her employees.

4. The professional competence has to be provided to the

customer irrespective of the personal feelings or other interests. The

favours applied for nationality, profession, religion, etc. are not

acceptable.

5. The confidential information received from the client or in

relation to the client and related to the profession cannot be disclosed

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until the expiration of the term applicable to such obligations. Such a

term can be indicated by the Contract entered into with the client or

refers to the protection timeframe stipulated by the legislation for the

industrial property object or it is estimated in a concrete manner. This

also applies to the relocation of the working premises inside or

outside the industrial property protection system.

6. (1) The attorney is authorized to inform the public on the

services he/she offers, provided that the information is true and

objective and complies with the professional secrecy and other

essential principles applicable to this profession.

(2) The following aspects shall be deemed as exceptions to the

allowed advertising rule according to paragraph 1:

a) The disclosing of a client’s name without his/her express

consent;

b) The indication of the name of another professional entity if

no written cooperation convention has been signed between the

member and that entity;

c) The promotion, announcement or publication of purchase,

sale or negotiation offers targeting various intellectual property rights

without the client’s consent.

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7. The representation of people involved in a conflict of

interests shall be avoided. The basic principle is to not cause any

prejudice.

8. His/her attitude towards the other industrial property

attorneys is collegial, fair and helpful.

9. The praising and comparative statements regarding the

offered services are not allowed.

10. The settlement of financial obligations has to be done

promptly. No excuse shall be made for the client’s incapacity to make

payments when the case involves payment to other industrial property

attorneys the work was ordered from.

11. The earnings from the clients shall be done as fees for the

agency. No commissions for mediation and business shall be

accepted.

12. The job ads and offers in the field should not prejudice the

industrial property attorney’s profession, contain praising or

comparative statements, damage the interests of other industrial

property attorneys. The disciplinary actions taken if the industrial

property attorneys do not comply with the professional deontology

code are: reprehension, warning, interdiction to practice the

profession for 3-12 months, permanent interdiction to practice the

profession. The Chamber’s Disciplinary Board shall assess how

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serious the facts are and shall apply the relevant sanctions, and the

decision may be appealed in court.

Conclusions

The authorized industrial property attorney’s profession is

extremely important for the progress and prosperity of humanity

due to the fact that it provides legal protection for the new

creations and encourages investments, which evidently stimulate

the economic growth by generating new jobs and fields of

business.

These guidelines have provided concrete information on the

authorized industrial property attorney’s profession as follows:

The authorized industrial property attorney’s profession is

properly based on the Romanian legislation through the

Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the organization

and practicing of the industrial property attorney profession,

republished in the Official Gazette no. 1019 dated December 21st,

2006, based on Article II in Law no. 331/2006 for the amendment

and Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the

organization and practicing of the industrial property attorney

profession.

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Regarding the procedure for the examination of the

candidates for the industrial property attorney’s regulated

profession is shared among the two competent authorities, i.e. the

State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM), which

examines the candidates and holds the Register of industrial

property attorneys in Romania and the National Chamber of

Industrial Property Counsellors as the national professional body.

Moreover, the Romanian legislation is harmonized with the

European legislation in the professional qualification field and the

foreign or Romanian citizens having been granted access to the

profession in other EU Member States or EEA states are

recognized according to the current legislation, i.e. Article 8

paragraphs (1)÷(5) in Ordinance no. 66/2000.

At European level there is a body – i.e. the European Patent

Institute (EPI) – representing the industrial property attorneys’

interests in the following fields.

- the training and examination of the national attorneys for

taking the exam for becoming European attorneys;

- the representation of the European attorneys’ interests in

their relation to the European Patent Office;

- the continuous training of the European patent attorneys.

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Besides Romania, in the European Union there are 17 other

states where the industrial property attorney’s profession is being

regulated: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, France,

Hungary, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the

Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden and Great Britain.

In all of these states the recognition of the professional qualification

is done according to the general procedure for the professional

qualification recognition during which the competent authority in

that state also analyzes each file for access to the regulated

profession.

In the states where the profession is not being regulated the

access to free practice is done by joining the professional

associations that are representative at national level.

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Bibliographic Sources

1. Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the organization

and practicing of the industrial property attorney profession, republished in

the Official Gazette no. 1019 dated December 21st, 2006, based on Article II

in Law no. 331/2006.

2. Instructions no. 108 dated October 17th, 2002 for the application

of the Government Ordinance no. 66/2000 regarding the organization and

practicing of the industrial property attorney profession, issued by the State

Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM) and published in the

Romanian Official Gazette no. 826 dated November 15th, 2002;

3. The Bylaws of the National Chamber of Industrial Property

Counsellors, with current amendments made during the Conference in

January 2011;

4. The deontological code for the industrial property attorney’s

profession;

5. Urgency Ruling no. 49/20.05.2009 regarding the service

providers’ freedom to settle down and their freedom to provide services in

Romania, published in Part I of the Romanian Official Gazette no.

366/01.06.2009.

6. The Supplement to OJ EPO 1/2013, The deontological code for

the industrial property attorney’s profession;

7. The Patent Profession in the EPC Contracting States (disregarding

EEA free movement of professionals and company law)

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8. EQE Candidate Support Project, Application Form 2013

List of acronyms used

IMI - Internal Market Information System;

IMI PQ NET Romania – the project called “Creation and

consolidation of the IMI network for the Professional Qualifications

in Romania";

CNCPIR – National Chamber of Industrial Property Counsellors in

Romania;

OSIM – State Office for Inventions and Trademarks;

COR – Romanian Occupational Classification;

BOPI – Industrial Property Official Bulletin;

NPO – State Office for Inventions and Trademarks;

EPI - Institute of Professional Representatives before the European

Patent Office;

COAPI – Association of Industrial Property Agents (Colegio Oficial

de Agentes de la Propriedad Industrial) (Spain);

CIPA – Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (Great Britain);

JEB – Joint Examination Board (Great Britain);

EPO – European Patent Office;

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SOLVIT – The network financed by the European Commission for

supporting the citizens and enterprises if there is a dispute between

them and an official body in any of the EU Member States.

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Annex 1

Country Contact Details

The Czech

Republic

Barbora Hanáková, Zuzana Bakotová, Tomáš Stehlík

Odbor vnitřního trhu a služeb EU, Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu, Na Františku 32, CZ - 11015 Praha 1

Tel. +420 22 422 1701

Fax. +420 22 485 3079

[email protected]

Denmark

Jens Kasper Rasmussen, Sofie Freilev, Karin Kragshave

Kristian Yde Agerbo, Danish Business Authority (Internal

Market Centre), Langelinie Allé 17, DK - 2100

Copenhagen

Tel. +45 35 46 62 00 (the

hotline)

Tel. +45 35 46 66 16

Tel. +45 35 46 66 73

[email protected]

Germany Lisa TEICHMANN, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Scharnhorststr. 34-37, DE - 10115 Berlin

Fax. +49 3018 615 5379

[email protected]

Spain

Ana Iglesias, Ana María Hernández, Javier Pascual

Pontones, SOLVIT – España, Ministerio de Asuntos

Exteriores, y de Cooperación, Serrano Galvache 26, ES - 28033 Madrid

Tel. +34 91 379 9999

Fax. +34 91 394 8684

[email protected]

Italy

Giuseppina VALENTE, Francesco CIPRI, Massimo

SANTORELLI, Presidenza Consiglio Ministri, Dipartimento Politiche Comunitarie, Piazza Nicosia 20,

IT - 00186 Roma

Tel. +39 06 677 95 844

Fax. +39 06 677 95 044

[email protected]

The

Netherlands

Koen van Ginneken, SOLVIT Nederland, Ministerie van

Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, Postbus 20101, NL - 2500 EC Den

Haag

Tel. +31 70 379 7708

Fax. +31 70 379 7014

[email protected]

Austria

Sylvia Vana, Alexandra Gaudmann-Heber, Christian

Müller, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend, SOLVIT Center, Abteilung C1/2, Stubenring 1, AT

- 1010 Wien

Tel. +43 1 71100-5119

Tel. +43 1 71100 - 5293

Tel. +43 1 71100-5187

Fax. +43 1 71100-2207

[email protected]

Portugal

Rosarinho MELANCIA, Mafalda DE SIQUEIRA,

francesca FONTES, Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros Direcção Geral dos Assuntos Europeus, Serviço do

Mercado Interno, Rua Cova da Moura, 1, PT - 1350-115

Lisboa

Tel. +351 21 393 57 53

Tel. +351 21 393 57 50

Tel. +351 21 393 55 54

Fax. +351 21 393 57 98

[email protected]

Romania

Romulus BENA, Karina STAN, Ramona-Maria CIUCA

Ministerul Afacerilor Europene, Guvernul României Bvd. Aviatorilor nr. 50A, Sector 1, Bucuresti 011854,

Romania

Tel. +40 21 308 53 40

Tel. +4021 308 53 71

Tel. +40 37 410 45 23

Fax. +40 21 308 53 96

[email protected]

Great

Britain

Chris Korcz, Department for Business, Innovation and

Skills, 1 Victoria Street, UK - London SW1H 0ET

Tel. +44 20 7215 2833

Fax. +44 20 7215 2234

[email protected]





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Authorized industrial property attorney

Documents

european union

social protection

european social fund

social partners

ministry of labour

elderly amposdru

romanian government

european citizens application