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TITLE XV AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES 155. (1) The following persons may act before the Registry of Industrial Property: (a) persons entitled to act, that is to say, where the applicants are legal entities, those who, in accordance with the constitution, the Statutes or the Laws, act as representatives of the enterprise in question; (b) industrial property attorneys. (2) Persons not resident in a Member State of the European Community shall always act through an industrial property attorney. 156. Industrial property attorneys shall be those natural persons registered as such with the Registry of Industrial Property who, as professional people, usually offer their services to advise, assist or represent third parties in obtaining the various forms of industrial property and in the defense, before the Registry, of the rights deriving therefrom. 157. The number of industrial property attorneys shall be limited and, in order to be registered as such in the Special Register of Industrial Property Attorneys, the applicant must fulfill the following conditions: (1) be an adult Spaniard or national of a Member State of the European Community and have business premises in Spain or in a Member State of the European Community; (2) not have been tried or convicted for fraud, unless rehabilitated; (3) have official degrees in architecture or engineering issued by the governing bodies of universities, or other official titles legally equivalent to the same; (4) successfully undergo a proficiency examination attesting the necessary skills for the professional activity specified in the foregoing Article, in such form as shall be laid down by regulation; (5) deposit a security with the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office and contract a civil liability insurance to the amount determined by the Regulations. 158. The quality of industrial property attorney shall be lost as a result of any of the following: (a) death; (b) renunciation; (c) incompatibility; (d) a decision following a reprimand; (e) a judicial decision. 159. The exercise of the profession of industrial property attorney shall be incompatible with active employment of the interested party in the Ministry of Industry and Energy and its bodies, industrial councils in the Autonomous Communities or in international organizations dealing with industrial property.

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