The Supervisory Board,

Having regard to the Regulation on the European qualifying examination for professional representatives which entered into force on 1 January 2009 (Supplementary publication 2, OJ EPO 2019), and in particular Article 3, paragraph 7, thereof,

has decided as follows:

Article 1

Paragraph 3 of Rule 25 of the Implementing provisions to the Regulation on the European qualifying examination (IPREE) shall be amended as follows:

"(3) Candidates are expected to put themselves in the position of the representative and, using only the information provided by the client, prepare a notice of opposition which when typed would be ready for filing."

Article 2

Rule 25 IPREE as amended under Article 1 of this decision shall enter into force with immediate effect.

Done at Munich, 26 June 2019

For the Supervisory Board

The Chairman

Fritz SCHWEINZER