The Supervisory Board,

Having regard to the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives which entered into force on 1 January 2009 (Supplement to OJ EPO 12/2011), and in particular Article 3, paragraph 7, thereof,

has decided as follows:

Article 1

Rule 6, paragraph 2 of the Implementing provisions to the Regulation on the European qualifying examination shall be replaced by the following text:

With regard to the pre-examination as defined in Rule 10:

(a) where, on the merits of an answer paper, 70 marks or more are awarded, a PASS grade shall be awarded for that paper, or

(b) where, on the merits of an answer paper, fewer than 70 marks are awarded, a FAIL grade shall be awarded for that paper.

Article 2

This decision shall enter into force on 10 October 2013 and shall apply to European qualifying examinations (pre-examination) held as from 2014.

Done at Munich, 1 October 2013

For the Supervisory Board

The Chairman

Raimund LUTZ