一、自一九八五年三月十九日起，中华人民共和国国家工商行政管理局商标局受理巴黎公约成员国国民在中国申请商标注册要求优先权的事宜。

     二、巴黎公约成员国国民，自一九八五年三月十九日起，向巴黎公约任何一个成员国提出了商标注册申请，其后又在中国就同一商标在相同商品上提出商标注册申请的，可依巴黎公约规定，在第一次申请后六个月内要求优先权。

     三、依前项规定要求优先权的，应当在申请商标注册的同时提交书面声明，并且提交在巴黎公约其他成员国第一次提出商标注册申请的副本，副本应经该国商标主管机关证明，并应注明申请日期和申请号。副本不需认证。但商标局要求提交的其他书件，应当经过认证。

     提出要求优先权声明时，如上述副本和有关证明书件尚未完备，可在提出商标注册申请三个月内提交。未提交书面声明或者逾期未提交上述副本和有关书件，视为未要求优先权。

     四、要求优先权的声明，经认可后，在巴黎公约其他成员国第一次申请商标注册的日期，即视为在中国的申请日期。(附英文)

     INTERIM PROVISIONS ON CLAIMS FOR PRIORITY IN APPLYING FOR REGI-STRATION OF TRADEMARKS

     Important Notice: (注意事项)

    英文本源自中华人民共和国务院法制局编译, 中国法制出版社出版的《中华人民
共和国涉外法规汇编》(1991年7月版).
    当发生歧意时, 应以法律法规颁布单位发布的中文原文为准.
This  English document is coming from the  "LAWS  AND  REGULATIONS  OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF  CHINA  GOVERNING  FOREIGN-RELATED  MATTERS" (1991.7)
which  is  compiled  by  the  Brueau  of  Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of  the  People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
    
     Whole Document (法规全文)

INTERIM PROVISIONS ON CLAIMS FOR PRIORITY IN  APPLYING  FOR  REGI-
STRATION OF TRADEMARKS
(Approved by the State Council on March 15, 1985,  promulgated  by
the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on March 15, 1985)
In accordance with Article 9 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic
of China and Article 4 of the  Paris  Convention  for  the  Protection  of
Industrial Property, the Provisions on claims for priority in applying for
registration of trademarks in China by nationals of the States Parties  to
the Paris Convention are formulated as follows:
1. From March 19, 1985, the Trademark Office of the  State  Administration
for Industry  and  Commerce  of  the  People's  Republic  of  China  shall
entertain claims for priority made by nationals of the States  Parties  to
the Paris Convention in their application for registration  of  trademarks
in China.
2. From March 19, 1985, nationals of  the  States  Parties  to  the  Paris
Convention,  who  after  filing  an  application  for  registration  of  a
trademark  in  any  other  State  Party,  file  another  application   for
registration of the same trademark for the  same  product  in  China,  may
claim priority within six months after the  first  filing,  in  accordance
with the Paris Convention.
3. An applicant who claims priority according to  the  provisions  of  the
preceding paragraph shall, at the time of filing the application, submit a
written declaration, together with a duplicate of  the  first  application
for registration of the Trademark filed in  another  State  Party  to  the
Paris Convention. The duplicate shall be certified by  the  department  in
charge of trademarks of that State,  and  the  application  date  and  the
application number shall be clearly stated. The duplicate does not need to
be authenticated, but the other papers required to  be  submitted  to  the
Trademark Office shall be authenticated.
When declaring claim for priority, the applicant may, in case  the  above-
mentioned duplicate and the related papers are not available, submit  them
within three months following the date of second  filing.  If  no  written
declaration is submitted or the duplicate and the related papers  are  not
submitted at the expiry of  three  months,  the  applicant  shall  not  be
regarded as having claimed priority.
4. When the written  declaration  is  approved,  the  date  of  the  first
application for registration of the trademark filed in another State Party
to the Paris Convention shall be  regarded  as  the  application  date  in
China.