No. 2 Trademarks 43 “Madrid Protocol” means the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, adopted in Madrid, Spain, on June 27, 1989; “office of origin” means the intellectual property office of a Contracting Party where the international application was filed; “subsequent designation” means the request for extension of protection (“territorial extension”) under Article 3ter(2) of the Madrid Protocol and includes such designation as recorded in the International Register, and “WIPO” means the world intellectual property organisation. 2. Any communication, including an international application, for transmission to the International Bureau through the office of the Registrar, shall be in English. PART II__APPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION 3.__(1) A person seeking international registration of a trademark, shall file a basic application with the Registrar for transmittal to the International Bureau. (2) Where an international application is filed with the Registrar for transmittal to the International Bureau, the Registrar shall verify that the Trademarks Office be considered as the office of origin in respect of that application, and that the relevant particulars appearing in the international application correspond to the relevant particulars appearing in the basic application or basic registration, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the Madrid Protocol and the Common Regulations. 4.__(1) Where an international application is filed with the Trademarks Office for transmission to the International Bureau, the Trademarks Office shall verify that Malawi qualifies as the country of origin under the Madrid Protocol in respect of that application, and that the particulars appearing in the international application corresponds to the relevant particulars appearing in the basic application or basic registration, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the Madrid Protocol and the Common Regulations. (2) Where the international application complies with the prescribed requirements, the Trademarks Office shall so certify in the application indicating the date on which it was received, and shall, upon payment of the prescribed handling fee by the applicant, forward the application to the International Bureau. Language of communicatio n Application and examination of international applications in respect of which the Trademarks Office is the office of origin Verification of particulars in an application