1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 60th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
2. Applications for registered Community designs may be filed at the Office from the date fixed by the Administrative Board on the recommendation of the President of the Office.
3. Applications for registered Community designs filed within three months before the date referred to in paragraph 2 shall be deemed to have been filed on that date.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 December 2001.
For the Council
The President
M. Aelvoet
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