Article 14
(1) An international application filed in the scope of Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, which was ratified pursuant to the decision of the Council of Ministers dated 5/8/1997 numbered 97/9731, shall have the same results with an application filed directly to the Office. This application shall be deemed to have been filed in the first hour and minute of date of international application. In case there is more than one international application with the same date, the application with the smaller international registration number shall be deemed to have been filed first.
(2) An international application may not be refused based on a trademark application or registered trademark filed after the application or priority date of the international application but submitted to the Office at earlier date. The trademark application with later date shall be re-examined according to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 16 by taking into account the earlier dated international trademark application.
(3) Fees received for proceedings carried out by the Office in the scope of Madrid Protocol shall be determined by communiqué.