# Council Decision of 18 December 2006 approving the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs, adopted in Geneva on 2 July 1999 (2006/954/EC), Article 6: Priority

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. [Claiming of Priority]
(a) The international application may contain a declaration claiming, under Article 4 of the Paris Convention, the priority of one or more earlier applications filed in or for any country party to that Convention or any Member of the World Trade Organisation.
(b) The Regulations may provide that the declaration referred to in subparagraph (a) may be made after the filing of the international application. In such case, the Regulations shall prescribe the latest time by which such declaration may be made.
2. [International Application Serving as a Basis for Claiming Priority] The international application shall, as from its filing date and whatever may be its subsequent fate, be equivalent to a regular filing within the meaning of Article 4 of the Paris Convention.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/954/annex/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-954/annex/article-6
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