FINAL PROVISIONS
First.
At the proposal of the Ministry of Industry and Energy, the Government shall issue the Regulations for the present Law within a period not exceeding three months after its promulgation.
Second.
The Regulations shall define the conditions to be fulfilled by industrial property attorneys in exercising their profession and in their relations with the Registry of Industrial Property.
Third.
Changes in the fees for the services and activities of the Registry of Industrial Property shall be effected through the Budget Laws [Leyes de Presupuestos].
Fourth.
The present Law shall enter into force three months after its publication.
REPEALING PROVISION
All provisions that are contrary to the present Law, except for the content of the Transitional Provisions, shall be repealed, in particular, the following:
1. In the Industrial Property Code, approved by the Royal Decree-Law of July 26, 1929, revised text approved by the Royal Order of April 30, 1930, and ratified as Law on September 16, 1931:
(a) the provisions laid down in Titles I, II, IV, VIII and XII (Chapter II) insofar as they affect patents and utility models, and Title IX with regard to patents, utility models, and all other industrial property forms, which shall be subject to the provisions of the present Law as far as jurisdiction, competence and procedure are concerned;
(b) all regulations governing the profession of industrial property attorney contained in Title X and the corresponding Articles in the Industrial Property Code.
2. The Order of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of January 30, 1934, on claims of force majeure, insofar as it affects patents and utility models.
3. Articles 29 and 30 of the Law on Employment Contracts [Ley de Contrato de Trabajo], approved by the Decree of January 26, 1944.
4. The Decree of December 26, 1947, insofar as it concerns patents and utility models and industrial property agents.
5. Article 99 of the Law on Compulsory Expropriation of December 16, 1954, and Articles 121 and 122 of its Regulations, approved by the Decree of April 26, 1957.
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