In cases where any defects in the deposit are not cured or observations overcoming the objections are not submitted, the deposit shall be rejected. Appropriate reasons shall be given for a rejection decision. Any deposit recognized as lawful and registered shall be published in the official gazette of the body responsible for industrial property within a period not exceeding six months starting from the date of its acceptance. 10. The date of deposit shall be the date on which the depositor submitted a layout-design of integrated circuits in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of this Law. However, if the body responsible for industrial property considers that a procedural defect has affected the deposit, the depositor may benefit from the same date of deposit, provided that the curing of any defect in the deposit does not entail any amendment in the layout-design of integrated circuits deposited. 11. A layout-design of integrated circuits which is the subject of commercial use, wherever it may be in the world, may not be deposited if such use has continued for more than two years. 12. A deposit may relate to only one layout-design of integrated circuits. 13. The body responsible for industrial property shall keep a register known as the National Register of Layout-designs of Integrated Circuits. This Register shall be kept according to procedures which shall be fixed by decree. Any layout-design of integrated circuits lawfully deposited shall be entered by the body responsible for industrial property in the Register. Any act modifying or transferring the rights attached to a deposited layout-design of integrated circuits may be effective against third parties only if it has been entered in the Register. Entry in the Register shall be subject to the payment of fees, the amounts of which shall be fixed by decree. Any entry made in the National Register of Layout-designs of Integrated Circuits shall be reported in the official gazette of the body responsible for industrial property. Any person may obtain from the body responsible for industrial property a copy of the entries made in the National Register of Layout-designs of Integrated Circuits in return for the payment of a fee, the amount of which shall be fixed by decree. 14. Any person may consult the file for the deposit of layout-designs of integrated circuits. No copy of the deposit file may, however, be issued without the authorization of the owner and without the payment of a fee, the amount of which shall be fixed by decree. 15. The deposit of a layout-design of integrated circuits may be withdrawn, at any time prior to registration, by means of a written declaration. The withdrawal shall be subject to the payment of a fee, the amount of which shall be fixed by decree. The declaration of withdrawal may refer to one deposit only. It shall be produced by the requestor or by his agent. A special power of attorney for withdrawal shall be attached to the agent’s declaration. page 3/11