# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 of 21 October 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs (revoked) EU Regulation No 2245/2002 ยท adopted 21 October 2002 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 of 21 October 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 of 21 October 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: APPLICATION PROCEDURE ## 1 Content of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Multiple application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Classification and indication of products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Representation of the design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Specimens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Fees for the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Filing of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Claiming priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Exhibition priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Examination of requirements for a filing date and of formal requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Examination of grounds for non-registrability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11a Examination of grounds for refusal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Withdrawal or correction of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: REGISTRATION PROCEDURE ## 13 Registration of the design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Publication of the registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Deferment of publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Publication after the period for deferment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Certificate of registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Maintenance of the design in an amended form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Change of the name or address of the holder or of his/her registered representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Correction of mistakes and errors in the Register and in the publication of the registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION ## 21 Notification of expiry of registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Renewal of Community design registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22a Renewals of international registration designating the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: TRANSFER, LICENCES AND OTHER RIGHTS, CHANGES ## 23 Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Registration of licences and other rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Special provisions for the registration of a licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Cancellation or modification of the registration of licences and other rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: SURRENDER AND INVALIDITY ## 27 Surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Application for a declaration of invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Languages used in invalidity proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Rejection of the application for declaration of invalidity as inadmissible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Examination of the application for a declaration of invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Multiple applications for a declaration of invalidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Participation of an alleged infringer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: APPEALS ## 34 Content of the notice of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Rejection of the appeal as inadmissible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Examination of appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Reimbursement of appeal fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: DECISIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS OF THE OFFICE ## 38 Form of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Correction of errors in decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Noting of loss of rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Signature, name, seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VIII: ORAL PROCEEDINGS AND TAKING OF EVIDENCE ## 42 Summons to oral proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Taking of evidence by the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Commissioning of experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Costs of taking of evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Minutes of oral proceedings and of evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IX: NOTIFICATIONS ## 47 General provisions on notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Notification by post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Notification by hand delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Notification by deposit in a post box at the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Notification by fax and other technical means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Public notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Notification to representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Irregularities in notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Notification of documents in the case of several parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter X: TIME LIMITS ## 56 Calculation of time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Duration of time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Expiry of time limits in special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XI: INTERRUPTION OF PROCEEDINGS AND WAIVING OF ENFORCED RECOVERY PROCEDURES ## 59 Interruption of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Waiving of enforced recovery procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XII: REPRESENTATION ## 61 Appointment of a common representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Amendment of the special list of professional representatives for design matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XIII: WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS AND FORMS ## 65 Communication in writing or by other means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Communication by fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Communication by electronic means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XIV: INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ## 69 Register of Community Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XV: COMMUNITY DESIGNS BULLETIN AND DATA BASE ## 70 Community Designs Bulletin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XVI: INSPECTION OF FILES AND KEEPING OF FILES ## 72 Parts of the file excluded from inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Inspection of the Register of Community Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Procedures for the inspection of files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Communication of information contained in the files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Keeping of files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XVII: ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION ## 77 Exchange of information and communications between the Office and the authorities of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Inspection of files by or via courts or authorities of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XVIII: COSTS ## 79 Apportionment and fixing of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XIX: LANGUAGES ## 80 Applications and declarations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Written proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Oral proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Certification of translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Legal authenticity of translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XX: RECIPROCITY, TRANSITION PERIOD AND ENTRY INTO FORCE ## 85 Publication of reciprocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Transition period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/2245 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2245 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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