Article 10
Statement of Filing
and Transmittal of Documents
(1) A statement drawn up by the Organization or by the Ministry responsible for
industrial property shall note each filing and specify the date and time of submission of the
documents.
(2) A copy of the statement shall be issued to the applicant.
(3) The Ministry responsible for industrial property shall transmit the documents to the
Organization within a period of five working days from the filing date.
Article 11
Registration of the Design
(1) For every application for registration of an industrial design, the Organization shall
examine whether the conditions of form referred to in Articles 8 and 9 of this Annex have
been met, and whether the prescribed fees have been paid.
(2) Any application in respect of which the conditions of form referred to in Article 8,
with the exception of paragraph (1)(b), and in Article 9(1) have not been observed is irregular.
The irregularity shall be notified to the applicant or to his agent, who shall be invited to put
the documents in order within a period of three months following the date of notification.
That period may be extended by 30 days in a case of proven necessity at the request of the
applicant or his agent. An application thus put in order within the said period shall retain the
date of the original application.
(3) Where rectified documents are not produced within the period allowed, the
application for registration of the design shall be rejected.
(4) Rejection shall be pronounced by the Director General.
(5) No application may be rejected under paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Article without
the opportunity having been given to the applicant or his agent to rectify it to the extent and
according to the procedures and forms prescribed.
(6) Where the Organization finds that the conditions referred to in paragraph (1) above
have been met, it shall register the design and publish the registration.
(7) The legal date of the registration shall be that of the application.
Article 12
Term of Protection
(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) below, the term of the protection
conferred by a certificate of registration of an industrial design shall expire at the end of the
fifth year following the filing date of the application for registration.
(2) The registration of a design may be renewed for a further two consecutive periods
of five years on payment of a renewal fee the amount of which shall be fixed by regulation.
(3) The renewal fee for an industrial design shall be paid within the twelve months
preceding the expiration of the current period of registration. However, a six-month period of
grace shall be allowed for payment of the fee after such expiration, subject to payment of a
surcharge fixed by regulation.