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If the Office, in carrying out the examination pursuant to Article 45, notices that the design for which protection is sought: does not correspond to the definition under Article 3(a); or is contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality, it shall refuse the application.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.