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(f) proof that the set fees have been paid.
If the application does not meet one of the conditions listed in this paragraph, and if
the application has not been amended in accordance with Article 114, the Djibouti
Office of Industrial and Commercial Property shall declare it inadmissible and the
filing date shall not be retained.
For the purposes of registration, the application shall contain:
(a) the name and address of the agent and a reference to the power of attorney, or
other communication in which the appointment of that agent is or was effected;
(b) the name and address of the creator if different from the applicant;
(c) where relevant, a declaration claiming the priority of that earlier filing, together
with an indication of the name of the Office where such filing was made and of the
date and, where available, the number of that filing;
(d) where relevant, a declaration that the product or products which constitute the
industrial design or in which the industrial design is incorporated have been shown at
an official or officially recognized international exhibition, together with the place
where the exhibition was held and the date on which the product or products were
first exhibited there;
(e) the signature of the applicant or his agent.
Article 114
If the Office establishes that, at the time of receipt of the application, the conditions of
the third paragraph of Article 113 have not been met, it shall write to the applicant
and invite him to make the necessary correction within three months. The retained
filing date shall then be the date when the requested correction is received.
However, if the correction is not made, the application shall be considered not to
have been filed.
The date of receipt of the application shall be considered the filing date, provided that
the conditions specified in the third paragraph of Article 113 have been met.
The Djibouti Office of Industrial and Commercial Property shall examine whether the
application meets the conditions provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article 113.
Where the application for an industrial design contains the documents referred to in
this Article, the application to file an industrial design, as provided for above, shall be
entered in chronological order of the filings in the National Register of Industrial
Designs referred to in the first paragraph of Article 125 below, with a filing date and
number.
If the Office establishes that the conditions of the fourth paragraph of Article 113
have not been met, it shall write to the applicant and invite him to make the
necessary correction within three months. If the irregularities are not corrected within