31For the sake of completeness, even if the second plea were admissible, first, it must be borne in mind that the Board of Appeal has a broad discretion to suspend proceedings or not. Rule 20(7)(c) of Regulation No 2868/95, applicable to proceedings before the Board of Appeal in accordance with Rule 50(1) of that regulation, illustrates that broadness of discretion by providing that OHIM may suspend opposition proceedings where a suspension is appropriate under the circumstances. Suspending proceedings thus remains optional for the Board of Appeal, which will do so only if it considers it appropriate. Proceedings before the Board of Appeal are therefore not automatically suspended as a result of a request for suspension made by a party before it (judgment of 16 May 2011 in Atlas Transport v OHIM — Atlas Air (ATLAS), T‑145/08, ECR, EU:T:2011:213, paragraph 69, and judgment in KAISERHOFF, cited in paragraph 19 above, EU:T:2014:985, paragraph 30; see also, to that effect, judgment of 16 September 2004 in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lion v OHIM — Moser Grupo Media (Moser Grupo Media), T‑342/02, ECR, EU:T:2004:268, paragraph 46).
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