Defined terms
1. In these Articles, unless the context requires otherwise:
"Articles" means the company’s Articles of Association;
"Association" means the European Communities Trade Mark Association;
"Bye-Laws" means the Bye-Laws of the Association made pursuant to Article 14 or Article 15;
"Companies Acts" means the Companies Acts (as defined in section 2 of the Companies Act 2006), in so far as they apply to the company;
"Council" means the Council of the Association established by Article 16 or Article 19, or the Members of the Council present at a duly convened meeting of the Council at which a quorum is present;
"Council Member" means a duly elected member of the Council;
"Document" includes, unless otherwise specified, any Document sent or supplied in Electronic Form;
"Electronic Form" has the meaning given in section 1168 of the Companies Act 2006;
"First Vice-President" and "Second Vice-President" mean respectively the persons holding the offices of First Vice-President and Second Vice-President pursuant to Articles 29 or 30;
"Honorary Member" means a Member admitted as an Honorary Member pursuant to Article 6;
"Member" means (except with reference to a Member of the Council) a person admitted to any class of membership mentioned in Article 3;
"Member State" means a Member State of the European Economic Community;
"Office" means the Community Trade Mark Office established under the European Economic Community Treaty;
"Ordinary Member" means a Member admitted as an Ordinary Member pursuant to Article 5;
"Ordinary Resolution" has the meaning given in section 282 of the Companies Act 2006;
"Poll" means an entering and counting of votes otherwise than by show of hands;
"President" means the person holding the office of President pursuant to Article 29 or 30;
"Professional Representative" means a person entitled to appear before the Office or the trade mark registry of a Member State, either on behalf of his employer or on behalf of a professional client;
"Seal" means the common Seal of the Association;
"Secretary" means the Secretary for the time being appointed under Article 41 or any person appointed to perform the duties of the Secretary of the Association;
"Special Business" means any resolution to be voted on at a general meeting which requires approval by way of Special Resolution;
"Special Resolution" has the meaning given in section 283 of the Companies Act 2006;
"Subsidiary" has the meaning given in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;
"Vice-President" means a person holding the office of First Vice-President or Second Vice-President; and
"Writing" means the representation or reproduction of words, symbols or other information in a visible form by any method or combination of methods, whether sent or supplied in Electronic Form or otherwise.
Unless the context otherwise requires, words or expressions contained in these Articles shall bear the same meaning as in the Act or any statutory modification thereof in force at the date at which these Articles become binding on the Association.