1. Unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation or in national law, the Office and the courts or authorities of the Member States shall, upon request, give assistance to each other by communicating information or opening files for inspection. Where the Office opens files for inspection by courts, public prosecutors’ offices or central industrial property offices, the inspection shall not be subject to the restrictions laid down in Article 109.
2. The Office shall not charge fees for the communication of information or the opening of files for inspection.
Text as published in the Official Journal, reproduced verbatim (including any typographical quirks of the source). For the authentic version, see EUR-Lex.
