For taking decisions in connection with the procedures laid down in this Regulation the following shall be competent:
examiners;
the Administration of Trade Marks and Designs and Legal Division;
Invalidity Divisions;
Boards of Appeal.
An examiner shall be responsible for taking decisions on behalf of the Office in relation to an application for a registered Community design.
1.The Administration of Trade Marks and Legal Division provided for by Article 128 of the Regulation on the Community trade mark shall become the Administration of Trade Marks and Designs and Legal Division.
2.In addition to the powers conferred upon it by the Regulation on the Community trade mark, it shall be responsible for taking those decisions required by this Regulation which do not fall within the competence of an examiner or an Invalidity Division. It shall in particular be responsible for decisions in respect of entries in the register.
1.An Invalidity Division shall be responsible for taking decisions in relation to applications for declarations of invalidity of registered Community designs.
2.An Invalidity Division shall consist of three members. At least one of the members must be legally qualified.
In addition to the powers conferred upon it by Article 131 of the Regulation on the Community trade mark, the Boards of Appeal instituted by that Regulation shall be responsible for deciding on appeals from decisions of the examiners, the Invalidity Divisions and from the decisions of the Administration of Trade Marks and Designs and Legal Division as regards their decisions concerning Community designs.