(1) Notices of opposition in accordance with Article 51 (1) subparagraph 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 against the intended entry of geographical indications or designations of origin in the Register kept by the European Commission of the protected designations of origin and of the protected geographical indications shall be lodged with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office within two months from the publication, which is effected in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Article 50 (2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012.
(2) The payment time limit for the opposition fee shall be determined in accordance with section 6 (1) sentence 1 of the Patent Costs Act. There shall be no re-establishment of rights of the opposition time limit or of the time limit for payment of the opposition fee.