(1) The Federal Office of Justice is to establish an official arbitration body in agreement with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.
(2) The official arbitration body is only competent if there is no private law arbitration body in accordance with section 16. Section 16 (1) sentence 1, (2) sentence 1 nos. 2 to 5, (3) and (4) applies accordingly.
(3) The official arbitration body is required, by 31 July of each year, to publish on its website an activity report on the previous calendar year.
(4) The official arbitration body may charge fees for conducting the arbitration procedure. The fees are to be quoted in its rules of arbitration.