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the packaging design is protected by a Community design pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 (64) or by design rights falling within the scope of Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (65), including international agreements having effect in one of the Member States, or its shape is a trademark falling within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (66) or Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council (67), including trademarks registered under international agreements having effect in one of the Member States, the design rights and trademarks are protected before 11 February 2025, and the application of the requirements under this Article would affect the packaging design in a way that it would alter its novelty or its individual character, or would affect the trademark in a way that the trademark is no longer capable of distinguishing the marked product from those of other undertakings; or

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-26 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.