— made using a form established by the body responsible for industrial property and
which shall necessarily include the identification of the holder of the deposit, for which an
extension is requested;
— submitted within the last six months preceding the expiry of the first period of
protection, by the interested party or his agent, who shall attach the power of attorney to the
declaration;
— accompanied by proof of payment of the prescribed fee.
It may be specified that the extension is valid only for certain protected industrial
designs.
11. The body responsible for industrial property shall keep a register known as the
National Register of Industrial Designs. The procedures for entry in the Register shall be
fixed by decree.
Any industrial design, lawfully deposited, shall be entered by the body responsible for
industrial property in the Register, without prior examination of the rights of the depositor, or
of the novelty of the deposited subject matter.
Any act amending or transferring the rights attached to a deposited industrial design
may be effective against third parties only if it has been entered in the National Register.
Any entry made in the National Register shall be reported in the official gazette of the
body responsible for industrial property.
The entries made in the National Register shall be subject to the payment of fees, the
amounts of which shall be fixed by decree.
Any person may consult the National Register of Industrial Designs and obtain a
reproduction of the entries made in said Register in return for the payment of a fee, the
amount of which shall be fixed by decree.
12. A deposit may be made at any time. The publicity given to an industrial design,
prior to its sale, through an offer for sale or by any other means, shall not lead to the loss
either of the right of ownership or of the protection granted by this Law.
13. The application for the deposit of any industrial design shall be submitted in
accordance with procedures which shall be fixed by decree.
For each deposit, the body responsible for industrial property shall verify that:
— the deposit is made subject to the requirements of the first subparagraph of this
article;
— its publication is not likely, according to the opinion of the authorities concerned, to
infringe the moral code or public order.
Subject to loss of his deposit right in the case of non-compliance of the deposit with the
provisions of subparagraph two of this article, appropriate reasoned notification shall be given
to the depositor and a period of three months starting from the date of the notification shall be
given for the depositor to correct the deposit or to answer the objections raised by the body
responsible.
In the case of failure to correct the deposit or submit observations allowing the
objections to be overcome, the deposit shall be rejected.

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