Tenth Edition Of The Nice Clasification, In Force From 1 January 2012

On 1 January 2012, the contracting parties to the Nice Agreement (defined in the note below), including Romania, adopted the tenth edition of the Nice Classification (the "Tenth Edition").

The Tenth Edition has made changes to the classification of goods and services, including: addition of new items to classes; deletions; transfers of goods and services from one class to another; and alterations of descriptions of goods and services. The most substantial changes have been made to the classification of dietary and nutritional supplements and food additives (primarily in classes 5, 29, 30, 31), video gaming apparatus (in classes 9 and 28), electrically powered goods (primarily in classes 7, 8, 9 and 21) and babies' nappies/diapers (in classes 5, 16 and 25).