(1) The date of filing of the application for a design is the date on which the documents containing the information specified in section 11 (2) are received
1. by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
2. or by a patent information centre if this agency has been so designated by notice published by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in the Federal Law Gazette.
(2) If a priority referred to in section 14 or section 15 is effectively claimed, then upon application of sections 2 to 6, section 12 (2) sentence 2, section 21 (1) sentence 1, section 33 (2) no. 2 and section 41 the date of priority takes the place of the date of filing.