14 (i) a written declaration giving the date and number of such earlier filing, the country in which it was filed and the name of the applicant in such country; (ii) an official copy of such earlier filing issued by the country of origin and accompanied by an authorized translation in the French language; (iii) a written, legalized authorization from the first applicant or his successors in title empowering the applicant to claim such priority, if he is not the person who made the first filing. (2) Paragraph (1) shall remain applicable where a group of priorities have been claimed by the applicant. (3)(a) Nationals of countries of the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property who present goods bearing a mark or services sold under such mark at an official or officially recognized international exhibition held on the national territory shall enjoy, within six months of the day on which such goods or services have been shown for the first time under that mark, a priority right with respect to an application for the mark filed with the Agency. (b) The right afforded by subparagraph (a) shall not extend any time limit for a priority claimed under paragraph (1) of this Article. Section 3 Procedure 60. Applications for the registration of a mark filed with the Agency shall comply with the following requirements: (1) The application shall be drawn up on the form prescribed by the implementing decree and shall contain the required information. (2) Subject to Article 79, the application shall be accompanied by: (i) a reproduction, in the format laid down in the prescribed form, of the mark in the form of a label in black and white and, where appropriate, in color; (ii) a list of the goods or services for which the mark is to be used, classified in accordance with the classification annexed to the implementing decree; (iii) evidence of payment of the fees; (iv) the claim to priority, where appropriate; (v) a printing block of the mark. (3) The application shall be drafted in one of the following languages: (i) Malagasy, accompanied by a translation in the French language; (ii) French. 61.—(1) Admissibility of the application shall be conditional on payment of the prescribed application fee. (2) Payment shall only be effective on receipt of the payment voucher enabling a receipt to be drawn up in due form. The receipt shall be valid only if it bears the authentifying stamp of the Agency.

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