Regulation (EU) 2026/715

In force

This text since 1 Jul 2026law://eu/reg/2026/715/art_66__para_8@2026-11-12

Contents

8.Where a request for renewal is not submitted or is submitted after the expiry of the period provided for in paragraph 3, or where the fees are not paid or are paid only after the period in question has expired, or where the deficiencies referred to in paragraph 7 are not remedied within that period, the Office shall determine that the registration has expired and shall notify the holder of the EU design accordingly. Where the determination has become final, the Office shall cancel the design from the Register. The cancellation shall take effect from the day following the date on which the existing registration expired. Where the renewal fees have been paid but the registration is not renewed, those fees shall be refunded.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Type: Regulation · (EU) 2026/715 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 11 Mar 2026
In force: 1 Jul 2026
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32026R0715 · ELI

Topics

codification of EU law designs and models single market Intellectual, industrial and commercial property Intellectual property Internal market - Principles

History · 1 version

1 Jul 2026Reading

Connections

See on a map

Cited by 1: this act

Defined terms · 4

Show every defined term

complex product
means a product that is composed of multiple components which can be replaced, permitting disassembly and reassembly of the product.
design
means the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the features, in particular the lines, contours, colours, shape, texture and/or materials, of the product itself and/or of its decoration, including the movement, transition or any other sort of animation of those features;
earlier right
means a right acquired or applied for in good faith before accession.
product
means any industrial or handicraft item, other than a computer program, regardless of whether it is embodied in a physical object or materialises in a non-physical form, including: