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A disclosure shall not be taken into consideration for the purpose of applying Articles 4 and 5 if a design for which protection is claimed under a registered design right of a Member State has been made available to the public: by the designer, his successor in title, or a third person as a result of information provided or action taken by the designer, or his successor in title; and during the 12-month period preceding the date of filing of the application or, if priority is claimed, the date of priority.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.