63As the Court has already ruled, the intended purpose of products ‘as accessories or spare parts’ was cited by the legislature only by way of example, that being the usual situation in which it is necessary to use a trade mark in order to indicate the intended purpose of a product. The application of Article 6(1)(c) of Directive 89/104 is therefore not limited to that situation (Gillette Company and Gillette Group Finland, paragraph 32).
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