# Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs, Article 1: Supplementary unregistered design

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

1. A design which complies with the conditions contained in this Regulation is referred to as a “supplementary unregistered design”.
2. A design shall be protected as a supplementary unregistered design, if made available to the public in the manner provided for in this Regulation.
3. But a design that is made available to the public before IP completion day is not protected under this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/6/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-6/article-1
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