An application for a European Union trade mark or a European Union trade mark may only be converted into an application for a national trade mark in the cases provided for in Article 139 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017.
In these cases, the national trade mark application must, on pain of rejection, comply with the provisions of Articles L. 711-2, L. 712-2 and L. 712-4 as well as, where applicable, articles L. 715-1 to L. 715-4 or articles L. 715-6 to L. 715-9. The conditions for the application of this paragraph are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply where the seniority of a trade mark previously registered in France has been claimed for the benefit of the European Union trade mark.