page 27  Article 124: Any party wishing to claim the priority of a prior filing must attach to his application for a utility model certificate or forward to the Industrial Property Director at the latest 12 months as from the filing of his application the following: 1. A written statement indicating the date and number of this prior filing, the country in which it was made and the applicant’s name; 2. A certified true copy of said prior application; 3. A written statement from the applicant or his successors in title authorizing him to claim the priority in question if he is not the author of this application. Article 125: An applicant seeking to claim several rights of priority for a single application must, for each of them, comply with the same requirements provided for under Article 124. He must further pay a fee for each right of priority claimed and produce proof of payment thereof within the same period of 12 months provided for under the same Article. Article 126: Failure to produce in good time any of the above-mentioned items shall automatically lead to the loss of the right of priority claimed, for the sole application considered. Any item which reaches the Industrial Property Director later than 12 months after the filing of the application for registration shall be deemed inadmissible. Article 127: The filing, in Burundi, of this application for claiming priority before the expiration of the 12-month time limit may not be invalidated by any act issued in the meanwhile and in particular by another filing, a publication of the invention or its exploitation. Section 4. Applications for registration certificates for utility models filed abroad Article 128: Anyone wishing to claim a filing from a prior application concerning the same invention as the one claimed in the application filed in Burundi must produce: 1. a document indicating the application and the number of any application for a certificate filed abroad; 2. a copy of all communications received by the applicant relating to the results of any search or examination conducted with regard to the foreign application; 3. a copy of the certificate issued on the basis of the foreign application; 4. a copy of any final decision rejecting the foreign application or the request for grant made in the foreign application;