If the Office finds that the notice of opposition does not comply with the provisions of Article 42 of the Regulation, or where the notice of opposition does not clearly identify the application against which opposition is entered or the earlier mark or the earlier right on the basis of which the opposition is being entered, the Office shall reject the notice of opposition as inadmissible unless those deficiencies have been remedied before expiry of the opposition period.
Če Urad ugotovi, da ugovor ne ustreza določbam člena 42 Uredbe, ali če ugovor ne določa jasno prijave, proti kateri je vložen, oziroma prejšnje znamke ali prejšnje pravice, na podlagi katere je vložen, Urad zavrže ugovor kot nesprejemljiv, razen če se te pomanjkljivosti odpravijo pred iztekom roka za ugovor.