37In that context, concerning the legislation and administrative practice of certain Member States invoked by the Board of Appeal in the contested decision, it must be noted that those factors were taken into account not because of their normative value, but as evidence of facts which enabled it to assess the perception of symbols connected with the former USSR by the relevant public within those Member States. Under those circumstances, the criticism cannot be made of the Board of Appeal that it disregarded the autonomous character of the Community trade mark regime in that regard.