35The fact that the earlier trade mark could lose the status of a trade mark registered in a Member State at a time after the filing of the application for registration of the EU trade mark, in particular following the possible withdrawal of the Member State concerned from the European Union, is in principle irrelevant to the outcome of the opposition (judgment of 30 January 2020, BROWNIE, T‑598/18, EU:T:2020:22, paragraph 19).
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