As from the date of accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as "new Member State(s)"), a Community trade mark registered or applied for pursuant to this Regulation before the date of accession shall be extended to the territory of those Member States in order to have equal effect throughout the Community.
Od dne pristopa Češke, Estonije, Cipra, Latvije, Litve, Madžarske, Malte, Poljske, Slovenije in Slovaške (v nadaljnjem besedilu "nove države članice") se znamke Skupnosti, ki so bile registrirane ali za katere je bila vložena prijava na podlagi te uredbe pred dnem pristopa razširijo na območje the držav članic, tako da imajo enak učinek v celotni Skupnosti.