A registered EU design requires the maintenance of a register in which all those applications which comply with formal conditions and which have been accorded a date of filing will be registered (the Register of EU designs). That registration system should in principle not be based upon substantive examination as to compliance with requirements for protection prior to registration, thereby keeping to a minimum the registration and other procedural burdens on applicants.
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