36The duty upon the competent authority to state reasons for refusing to register a trade mark in relation to each of the goods or services for which such registration is sought also arises from the essential requirement for any decision of a national authority refusing the benefit of a right conferred by Community law to be subject to judicial review which is designed to secure effective protection for that right and which, accordingly, must cover the legality of the reasons for the decision (see, to that effect, Case 222/86 Heylens and Others [1987] ECR 4097, paragraphs 14 and 15).
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