(1) The application for the international registration of a mark for which an application has been made for entry in the Register or of a trade mark which is already entered in the Register in accordance with Article 3 of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement shall be filed with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office. The application may be filed prior to the registration of the trade mark if the international registration is to be effected based on a trade mark entered in the Register.
(2) If the international registration is to be effected on the basis of a trade mark that has been entered in the Register, and if the application for international registration is filed prior to the registration of the trade mark in the Register, it shall be deemed to have been received on the date of the registration of the trade mark.
(3) The list of goods and services shall be submitted with the application, grouped into classes, in the order of the international classification of goods and services.