(1) The provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly to international registrations of marks in accordance with the Protocol of 27 June 1989 Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Federal Law Gazette 1995 II, p. 1016, 1017), last amended by the Ordinance of 24 August 2008 (Federal Law Gazette 2008 II, p. 822) (Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement) which are effected through the intermediary of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office or whose protection extends to the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, unless provided otherwise in this Chapter or in the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement.
(2) All requests as well as other communications in the proceedings of the international registration and the list of goods and services shall be submitted in French or English, at the choice of the person making the request.