TITLE IPARTIES TO PROCEEDINGS, OFFICE AND EXAMINATION OFFICES
CHAPTER IParties to proceedings
Article 2Designation of parties to proceedings
1
A party to proceedings shall be designated by his name and address.
2
Names of natural persons shall be indicated by the person’s family name and given names. Names of legal persons as well as companies or firms shall be indicated by their official designations.
3
Addresses shall contain all the relevant administrative information, including the name of the State in which the party to proceedings is resident or where his seat or establishment is located. Only one address should preferably be indicated for each party to proceedings; where several addresses are indicated, only the address mentioned first shall be taken into account, except where the party to proceedings designates one of the other addresses as an address for service.
The President of the Office shall determine the details concerning the address including any relevant details of other data communication links.
4
Where a party to proceedings is a legal person, it shall also be designated by the name and address of the natural person legally representing the party to proceedings by virtue of the relevant national legislation. The provisions of paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to such natural person.
The Office may permit derogations from the provisions of the first sentence of the first subparagraph.
5
Where the Commission or a Member State is party to proceedings, it shall communicate a representative for each proceeding in which it takes part.