D 0004/80 (Jurisdiction of the Disciplinary Board) of 20.01.1982
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- ECLI:EP:BA:1982:D000480.19820120
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- 20 January 1982
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- D 0004/80
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- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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The Disciplinary Board of Appeal has jurisdiction only over final decisions of the Disciplinary Committee of the Institute and the Disciplinary Board of the Examination Board for the European Patent Office and of the Examination Board for the European Quali- fying Examination. Consequently it has no jurisdiction to rule whether or not Article 163 EPC is lawful.
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- European Patent Convention Art 163 1973Regulation on discipline for professional representatives Art 8Regulation on the European qualifying examination Art 23(1)
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- Jurisdiction of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The complaint concerning the lawfulness of Article 163 EPC is not admissible before the Disciplinary Board of Appeal.
That part of the appeal is dismissed...