Article 37Submission of a request of objection
1.Within two months from the date of publication provided for in the first sub-paragraph of Article 33, any Member State or third country, or any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest may object to the proposed recognition by lodging a request of objection.
2.The request of objection shall be drawn up on the basis of the form set out in Annex VIII and shall be submitted to the Commission in paper or electronic form. The date of submission of the request of objection to the Commission is the date on which the request is entered in the Commission's mail registry.
3.The Commission shall mark the documents making up the request of objection with the date of receipt and the file number allocated to the request of objection.
The objector shall receive an acknowledgement of receipt indicating at least the following:
(a)the file number;
(b)the number of pages received; and
(c)the date of receipt of the request.