In order to ensure legal certainty, it is appropriate to provide that protection is conferred on the right holder, by way of registration of an EU design, for those design features of a product, in whole or in part, which are shown visibly in an application for registration of such design and made available to the public by way of publication.
Text as published in the Official Journal, reproduced verbatim (including any typographical quirks of the source). For the authentic version, see EUR-Lex.
