41However, in accordance with the passage cited in paragraph 39 above, the obligation on OHIM to obtain of its own motion information about national law was made conditional upon ‘such information [being] necessary to assess the applicability of the ground for refusal of registration in question and, in particular, the correctness of the facts pleaded or the probative value of the documents lodged’. It is therefore only where OHIM already has information relating to national law, either in the form of claims as to its meaning, or in the form of evidence submitted and whose probative value has been adduced, that it is required, if necessary, to obtain of its own motion information about national law.
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