D R A F T   D E C I S I O N  
 
 
No._______, dated__________  
 
“ON THE APPROVAL OF THE “ON INDUSTRIAL DESIGN” 
REGULATION  
 
Pursuant to Article 100 of the Constitution and paragraph 5, of Article 119 of 
Law no. 9947, dated 07.07.2008  
 
“On Industrial Property” as amended, upon proposal of the Minister of Finance 
and Economy, the Council of Ministers,  
 
 
 
DECIDED:  
 
1. The approval of the “Industrial Design” regulation, according to the text 
attached hereto, which consists of an integral part thereto.  
 
2. On the examination of applications for the registration of industrial designs 
presented prior to the entry into force of this decision, to apply the provisions 
in force at the time of application.  
 
3. Decision No. 381, dated 04.04.2009, of the Counc il of Ministers “On the 
approval for the registration of industrial designs” as amended, is repealed.  
 
4. The General Directorate of Industrial Property is responsible for 
implementing this decision.  
 
This Decision enters into force 30 days after its publicat ion in the “Official 
Gazette”.  
 
PRIMEMINISTER  
EDI RAMA  
 
 
REGULATION ON INDUSTRIAL DESIGN  
 
CHAPTER I  
GENERAL PROVISIONS  
 
Article 1  
Scope  
 
1. The Regulation on the Registration of Industrial Design is intended to 
implement and define in detail certain issues provided for in Law No. 9947, 
dated 07/07/2008, "On Industrial Property" as amended, for the procedures 
and rules of industrial design registration relating to:  
 
1.1. Submission of applications for the registration of industrial designs 
at The General Di rectorate of Industrial Property (GDIP);  
 
 
1.2. Review of applications for design registration;  
1.3. Submission of applications for  renewal and other changes to the 
design register, as well as their review;  
1.4. Submission and review of requests for objection, abolishment and 
appeals of refusal decisions by the Review Chamber and 
Abolishment/Depreciation Chamber;  
1.5. Submission and review of requests for appeals of decisions by the 
Appeal Board;  
1.6. Publication of information regarding industrial designs in the 
Industri al Property Bulletin by GDIP.  
 
Article 2  
General principles  
 
1. The right to apply near GDIP for the registration of a design that every 
natural person or legal person, who creates design during the exercise of his 
commercial activity.  
 
2. GDIP reviews deposited applications and issues notices and other acts in 
accordance with the provisions of Law no.  9947, dated 7.7.2008 “On 
industrial property”, as amended (herein referred to as the ‘Law’) and of this 
regulation.  
 3. GDIP actions related to these applic ations based exclusively in written 
documents. Requests and any other documentation deposited with GDIP 
must be in Albanian language and printed.  
 
4.  The GDIP creates and manages the electronic data base where there are 
saved all the performed actions related to designs.  
 
Article 3  
Types of applications  
   
1. Types of applications that can be deposited with the GDIP related with the 
designs are:  
 
1.1. Request for design registration, through the form “On the industrial 
design registration” attached to this regulation;  
1.2. Request for design renewal, through the form “On the industrial 
design renewal” attached to this regulation;  
1.3. Request for transfer of ownership over the design, registration of a 
license contract, change of name, change of address, the determination 
of pledge, registration of execution actions, through the form “On 
registering a change in the register” attached to this regulation;  
1.4. Reques t for resignation from the registered design, through the form 
“On resignation from the registered industrial design”, attached to this 
regulation;   
1.5. Request for objection to the design registration published at the GDIP 
Complaints Review Chamber, through the form “On objection to the 
design registration published at the Complaints Review Chamber”, 
attached to this regulation;  
1.6. Request for appeal of the decision of refusal, in the Abolishment/ 
Depreciation Chamber, through the form “On appeal of the decision  of 
refusal, in the Abolishment/ Depreciation Chamber” attached to this 
regulation;  
 
 
1.7. Request for abolishment of a registered design in the Abolishment/ 
Depreciation Chamber, through the form “On abolishment of a 
registered design in the Abolishment/ Depre ciation Chamber”, 
attached to this regulation;  
1.8. Request for the division of application for multiple designs, through 
the form “On the division of application for multiple designs”, 
attached to this regulation;  
1.9. Request for restoration within the deadline o f industrial design rights, 
through the form “On restoration within the deadline of industrial 
design rights”, attached to this regulation;  1.10. Request for appeals of decisions in the Appeal Board, though the form 
“On appeals of decisions in the Appeal Board”,  attached to this 
regulation.  
 
 
CHAPTER II  
SUBMISSION OF REQUEST FOR THE REGISTRATION OF 
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN  
 
 
Article 4  
Mode of application  
 
 
1. Application for the registration of a design may be sent to the GDIP, by 
hand, by mail or fax, by the claimant or his representative. In the case of 
sending a fax document, the applicant must within one month from the date 
of sending the fax to deposit wit h the GDIP the request in its original form, 
otherwise the request is deemed unpublished.  
 
2. Application f or the registration of a design  may be made for a single product 
or for the registration of a multiple design within the meaning of Article 9 of 
this Re gulation.  
 
3. The GDIP, upon filing the application form "On industrial design 
registration", records on the form the date and time of submission of the 
application as well as the application number.  
 
 
Article 5  
Content of the application  
 
1. Application for the registration of a design shall include:  
 
1.1 Request for registration of the design through the form “On the industrial 
design registration”, with the following information:  
 
1.1.1 the name and address of the applicant, in accordance with 
article 46 of this regulation;  
1.12. the name and address of the authorized representative, in 
accordance with article 46 of this regulation, if the applicant has 
designated a representative;  
1.1.3. a clear indication of the product in which the design is included 
or will be applied to;  1.1.4. the classification of each product in which the design is included 
or will be applied to, in a class and subclass based on the 
Locarno Agreement (International Classification for Industrial 
Designs);  
1.1.5. information on the total number of designs when a multiple 
application is made;  
1.1.6. a detailed description of the industrial design and its 
presentation;  
1.1.7.  an information indicating that a priority is claimed, if it is in 
accordance with article 120 of the law;  
1.1.8. information related to the design creator when it is different 
from the applicant;  
1.1.9. signature and/or seal of the applicant or his represent ative.  
 
1.2 The submission of a design consisting of its graphic or photographic 
reproduction (black and white) must meet the following requirements:  
 
1.2.1. The reproduction of a design shall be clear, without nay 
correction s, placed on a neutral background, and shall have such 
a quality that permits to clearly distinguish all design elements 
for which protection is requested;  
1.2.2.  The reproduction of the design must be deposited together with 
the application, or printed on a white sheet in the A4 format. No 
explanatory text, letters, or symbols shall be placed on this sheet 
except for an indicator indicating the head of the sheet when 
necessary. The graphic or photographic reproduction of the 
design should include only the appearance of the product  
without any other accessory object, person or animal;  
1.2.3. The reproduction size of the design placed on the white A4 
format sheet shall be in dimensions not larger than 26.2 cm x 17 
cm, and not less than 4 cm x 4 cm;  
1.2.4.  The submission of the desig n should contain no more than 
seven different images of design, one of which should be its 
overall appearance;  
1.2.5. The graphic representation of design shall be a qualitative 
production by drawing materials or by means of electronic 
devices that allow continuity of lines (uninterrupted) and having 
distinctly distinct characteristics. A three -dimensional design 
can possibly be represented with images that contain nuances 
and colourings in order to emphasize three -dimensional 
features.  
1.2.6. The ap plicant must place a serial number on each of the design 
images. In the case of multiple design applications, an ordinal number, consisting of the design number and then the number 
of views, divided by one point, must be placed for each image;  
1.2.7. Each of the graphic or photographic reproduction of the design 
must contain only one image of the design;  
1.2.8. If the applicant deposits more than seven different designs, the 
GDIP takes into consideration for the effect of publication and 
registration, only the first seven footage, according to the 
ordinal number that was placed on the images by the applicant.  
 
1.3.  The statement of the creator or creators, in cases where the applicant is 
not the creator, to express the will for the registration of the desig n in 
the name of the applicant shall be carried out  by means of a Notary 
Act. 
 
1.4.  Authorization of representation when the application is deposited by 
the applicant's representative. The authorization of representation must 
contain the signature of the applicant and when the applicant is a legal 
person his seal. When the applicant, a natural or legal person, is not a 
resident of the Republic of Albania, his representation must be made 
by an authorized representative registered as such in the industrial 
design register;  
 
1.5.  A prepared scheme, projects or a product model, if necessary to clarify 
the essence of the design;  
 
1.6. The priority document when claimed for priority, which contains 
information such as: date of filing, application number, and the bureau 
where the previous application was deposited;  
 
1.7. The certificate issued by the responsible authorities for the 
presentation of the product as well as the date of its presentation at 
official international exhibitions when claimed as a priority in 
accordance with article 120 of the law;  
 
1.8. The mandate of payment of the application fee;  
 
   
Article 6  
Examination of the conditions for deposing the application  
 
1. The GDIP examines whether the design application completes the conditions 
set out below:  
 
1.1. Application form “On industrial design registration”;  1.2. Name and address of the applicant;  
 1.3.  Representation of the design according to the requirements of the 
law and this regulation;  
1.4. The original document of the payment of the deposit f ee. 
 
If the application for industrial design completes these requirements, GDIP 
shall issue the depository evidence and shall recognize as the deposit date the 
date in which the application was submitted.  
 
2. Where the application does not meet the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 
of this Article, GDIP shall notify the applicant of the completion of the 
irregularities within (2) two months of the date of receipt of the notification.  
 
3. If the application completes the requirements set out in paragr aph 1 of this 
article within the deadline, GDIP shall issue the depository evidence and 
shall recognize as the deposit date of the application the date when the 
response for the completion of irregularities is submitted at GDIP.  
 
4. If the irregularities are not completed within the two month period, GDIP 
shall reject the application and notify the applicant of the refusal decision.  
 
5. The refusal decision may be appealed to the Abolishment/Depreciation 
Chamber within (1) one month from the date of the decision .  
 
 
Article 7  
    Certificate of the deposit  
 
1. Evidence of the deposit will contain the following information:  
 
1.1 Date and deposit number;  
1.2 Name and address of the applicant;  
1.3 Other information declared in the request form.  
 
                     
Article 8  
    The priority document filing  
 
1. If a priority is claimed, the applicant must, within 3 (three) months from the 
submission date of the application, file at the GDIP the priority document in 
compliance with point 4 of article 119, of the Law or certificate issued by the 
competent authoriti es of the exhibition where the product is presented, based 
on point 2 of article 120 of the Law.  
 2. The priority document deposited pursuant to paragraph 4 of article 119 of the 
law must contain the applicant's name and address, the date and number of 
the p revious application, the bureau where the application was made, the 
design presentation, the product identifier in which the design is included or 
to which will be applied, and the classification of the products in which the 
design is incorporated or to wh ich it will be applied, according to Locarno 
classification. The priority document must be deposited translated into 
Albanian and certified.  
 
3. If the applicant does not submit with  the GDIP , within 3 (three) months from 
the date of filing the application , the priority document of the office, where 
the application was filed or the certificate issued by the competent exhibition 
authorities in accordance with the requirements of article 120 of t he Law, 
and the requirements of points 1.6 and 1.7 of article 4 of this regulation, the 
priority requirement shall not be taken into account by the GDIP.  
 
4. The priority right acquired under the provisions of the Law and this 
regulation results in the date o f priority being referred to as the deposit date 
of the application for a design only for the purpose of determining which 
application is entitled to a prior right.  
 
Article 9  
     Multiple designs  
 
1. Two or more designs may be merged into a single application in accordance 
with the provision of paragraph 2 of article 119 of the Law, forming an 
application for the registration of a multiple design, provided that the 
products in which they are incorporated or to which they apply shall belong 
to the sa me class and subclass of the International Classification of Industrial 
Designs (Locarno Agreement).  
 
2. Each of the designs containing a multiple -design application or registration 
may be treated as a separate application or registration for the purpose of 
Law enforcement and this regulation.   
 
3. With the request of the applicant or the owner of the multiple design and to 
meet all the requirements provided by the Law and this regulation, including 
the payment of the respective fees, each of the designs of a mu ltiple 
application or registration may be processed in particular for licensing, 
transfer of ownership, renewal, resignation and any other act recognized by 
Law and this regulation for designs.  
 
 
Article 10        Multiple application division  
 
1. When an appl ication requires the registration of certain designs and the 
products in which they are incorporated or intended to be applied may not be 
classified in the same class and subclass of the International Designation of 
Locations (Locarno), the GDIP shall noti fy the applicant for the allocation of 
the application and the payment of the fee provided for in the defined 
regulation.  
 
2.  The GDIP, in case of the division of the application, shall guide the applicant 
as to which of the designs to be filed in the multiple applications  must be 
completed in with a new application.  
 
3.  When the submitter of a multiple application acts following  the notification 
issued by the GDIP for multiple application division, within a 3 -month 
period from the date of receipt of the notice, the GDIP shall issue  a decision 
on the division of the appli cation.  
Article 11  
   Request for division of multiple -design application  
 
1. The request for dividing a multiple -design application should contain:  
 
1.1. The application form “On dividing multiple design application” 
attached to this regulation, with the following information:  
 
1.1.1.  the application number of the multiple design;  
1.1.2.  the name and address of the multiple design applicant;  
1.1.3.  the submission of the design to be separated from the initial 
application;  
1.1.4.  classes and subclasses according to Locarno classification;  
1.1.5.  the signature and/or seal of the person submitting the request or 
his representative if one has been designated.  
 
1.2. The original document of payment of the defined fee.  
 
2.  For any request for division of the ini tial application, a special request must 
be deposited.  
 
3.  A full copy of the initial application documents should be part of the 
separate application/applications and a copy of the request for division must 
be part of the initial application documents.  
 4.  A new application number will be assigned to a separate application. The 
divided application will maintain the same deposit or priority date with the 
initial application.  
 
5.  The authorized representative of the initial application shall a lso be 
considered as such in the divided application.  
 
6.  When the requirements set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this article are not 
completed, the GDIP shall notify the applicant of the completion of the 
deficiencies within 3 (three) months from the date of receipt of the 
notification. If the applicant does not meet the shortcomings within the 
prescribed deadline, the request for sharing will be rejected. The division of 
the initial application starts effects from the date of receipt of the request.  
 
7.  The request for multiple -design application division will be published in the 
PI bulletin.  
 
Article 12  
Formal examination of the application for the design registration  
 
1. The formal examination of the request is made in accordance with the 
provisions of article 121 of the Law and in the order of their submission to 
the GDIP, in accordance with the requirements of article 119 of the Law.  
 
2.   The application for design regist ration shall be reviewed within 3 (three) 
months from the date of its deposit if it meets the requirements set out in 
points 2 and 3 of article 119 of the law.  
 
3.   If the design application fails to complete the requirements set out in article 
121 of the la w, the GDIP notifies the applicant to complete the irregularities 
within 2 months in the case of point 1 of article 121 of the law, and within 3 
months in the case of point 2 of article 121 of the law, otherwise the GDIP 
will reject the application.  
 
4.   After receiving a response from the GDIP notification, the examiner 
examines the response within 1 (one) month of its submission.  
 
5.  If the applicant in response to the notification received has not completed the 
irregularities required by the GDIP, the latter  shall reject the application and 
notify the applicant in writing on the decision taken.  
 
6.  The deadline for submitting amendments is extended to two additional 
months if the applicant submits a written request for this purpose within three months from the date of receipt of the notification and pays the 
relevant fee.  
  
 
CHAPTER III  
 
EXAMINATION  OF REQUEST RELATED TO THE ABSOLUTE 
CAUSES  
AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE DESIGN  
 
Article 13  
Examination of the absolute causes for refusal  
 
1. GDIP examines the design application about the absolute causes of refusal is 
done in accordance with article 121/(a) of the Law.  
 
2. When it finds that the design application is not in compliance with the 
requirements of Article 115 of the Law, the GDIP notifies the applicant to 
submit his arguments within 2 (two) months from the date of receipt of the 
notice. This deadline  may be extended to a maximum of 2 (two) months 
extra if the applicant submits a written request for this purpose and pays the 
defined fee.  
 
3. Following the receipt of a response by the applicant within the deadline 
provided for in point 2 of this Article, t he examiner reviews the response 
within 1 (one) month of its submission.  
 
4. The application for industrial design registration is refused if:  
 
4.1. the applicant does not submit his observations;  
4.2. does not complete additional documentation within the time limit;  
4.3. and even after the applicant's response, the GDIP notes that the 
application is not in accordance with article 115 of the law.  
 
5. During the examination on an absolute basis, the GDIP has the right to 
request any documents or declarations that may prove necessary during the 
examination of the registration application.  
 
6.  The decision of refusal on absolute grounds is taken only after the GDIP has 
taken a decision on the formal application form and this decision is notified 
in writing to the applicant.  
 
 
Article 14  Publication of the application for design  
 
1. The GDIP, pursuant to article 122 of the Law, publishes in the Industrial 
Property Bulletin of the information on applications for registration of 
designs.   
 
2. The bulletin publishes information on the registration of designs, renewals, 
licensing and transf er of ownership of the registered designs, name changes, 
changes of the owner's design address, resignation and the abolishment of 
the registered designs.  
 
 
Article 15  
Information published in the Industrial Property Bulletin on applied of 
registered desig ns 
 
1. Information published in the Industrial Property Bulletin on the design 
applications include:  
 
1.1 Name and address of the applicant;  
1.2 Application number and date of deposit;  
1.3 Name and address of the creator of the design except when the creator, 
by a written statement, requested that his name be omitted;  
1.4 Design submission/ representation;  
1.5 Product in which the design or association to which it is to be applied, 
as well as the class and subclass in accordance with the Classification 
of Locarno;  
1.6 Priority information (if any);  
1.7 Number of designs involved in the application in the case of multiple 
designs.  
 
2. Information published in the Industrial Property Bulletin on the registered 
design include:  
 
2.1.  Name and address of the registered design owner;  
2.2.  Request number and design registration number;  
2.3.  Deposit date, the date of termination of the protection, the date of 
registration, and the date of priority (if any);  
2.4  Product in which the design or association to which it is to be applied, 
as well as the class and subclass in accordance with the Classification 
of Locarno;  
2.5 Design submission/ representation;  
2.6   Name and address of the creator of the design except when the creator, 
by a written statement, requested that his name  not to be omitted;  2.7 Number of designs involved in the registration in the case of multiple 
designs.  
 
3. If the applicant, along with the application, has filed a written request to 
postpone the design release and paid the defined fee, the GDIP publishes t he 
information of the application owner for the design in the next Bulletin.  
After the end of the postponement, the GDIP publishes the application for 
the registration of the design.   
 
 
CHAPTER IV  
OBJECTION FOR THE REGISTRATION OF THE DESIGN  
 
 
Article 16  
Submission of objection for the registration of the design  
 
1. An objection to a published design may be submitted with the GDIP within a 
period of 3 (three) months from the date of publication by the persons 
referred to in paragraph 1 of article 1 23 of the law through the deposit of the 
following documents:  
 
1.1 Application form “On objecting the published design application”, 
with the following information:  
 
1.1.1.   the application number for the registration of the design for 
which the objection has been de posited;  
1.1.2.   the name and address of the applicant against whom the request 
for objection has been deposited;  
1.1.3.  the name and address of the opponent;  
1.1.4.  the name and address of the authorized representative if the 
opponent has designated such one;  
1.1.5.  the class and the subclass under which the design is classified 
according to Locarno International Classification;  
1.1.6.  signature of the opponent or his representative.  
 
2. Document for payment of the objection fee;  
 
3. Authorization of representation if the request is deposited by the applicant's 
representative;  
 
4. Documents proving that the opposing party enjoys one of the rights provided 
for in article 116 of the law;  
 5. The request for the objection of a registration of an industrial design must be 
deposited with the GDIP in two identical copies.  
 
 
 
Article 17  
Reviewing the objection by the Reviewing Objections Chamber  
 
1. The GDIP Reviewing Objection Chamber reviews the objection within 2 
(two) months from the date of the submission of the objection request.  
 
2. If the request for objection is not presented within the deadline provided in 
paragraph 1 of article 123 of the Law, the Reviewing Objection Chamber 
shall reject the request for objection and inform the opposing party for the 
decision taken.  
 
3. If the objection req uest does not meet the requirements set out in point 1 and 
2 of article 16 of this Regulation, the Reviewing Objection Chamber shall 
require the opposing party, by written notice, to complete the ascertained 
irregularities within 2 (two months) from the da te of notification. If the 
irregularities are not completed within the deadline, the objection shall be 
deemed not presented.  
 
4. If the objection request does not complete the requirements of paragraphs 3 
and 4 of article 16, the Reviewing Objection Chamber shall request the 
opposing party , by written notice, to complete the irregularities within 2 
(two) months of the date of notification, otherwise the Reviewing Objection 
Chamber shall reject the request for objection and notify the opposing party 
on the de cision of the refusal.  
 
5. When the opposing party completes the irregularities of article 16 of this 
regulation, the Reviewing Objection Chamber sends a copy of the objection 
to the opponent applicant for the trademark against which the objection is 
lodged and notifies in writing t he arguments and any other document in 
support his claims within 2 (two) months from the date of receipt of the 
notice.  
 
6. During the review, the Reviewing Objection Chamber has the right to ask 
the parties, through a written notice, to submit additional ma terials and 
documents within a period of two months from the date of notification.  
 
7. The Reviewing Objection Chamber, if it deems it necessary, may request the 
parties, through a written notice, to participate in the controversial review procedure and to p resent their oral arguments, notifying them of the date and 
time conducting the hearing of the review of the objection.  
 
8. Any relevant structure, such as the Objection Review Chamber, the 
Abolishment/  
Depreciation Chamber and the Appeals Board, when consid ering a request, 
in accordance with the respective powers provided for by law and this 
regulation, shall be expressed by acceptance, partial acceptance or the 
dismissal of the request under review.  
 
Article 18  
Handling the application after taking the dec ision on the objection  
 
1. If the Reviewing Objection Chamber, during the objection reviewing 
proceedings finds that the objection is unfounded, it refuses the objection 
and the decision is notified to the parties to the proceedings.  
 
2. A copy of the decision of the Reviewing Objection Chamber, in the event of 
a decision not being appealed to the Appeal Board, is deposited in the 
application file for the registration of the design and the examiner continues 
the procedure for its registrat ion in accordance with the provisions of the law 
and of this regulation .  
  
3. If the Reviewing Objection Chamber, during the objection reviewing 
proceedings finds that the objection is partly based, then the registration of 
the design is rejected or partiall y accepted.  
 
4. A copy of the decision of the Reviewing Objection Chamber, for refusal or 
partially designation of the design, in case the appeal is not appealed to the 
Appeal Board, is filed in the application file and the examiner issues the 
notice of refusal or partial registration.  
 
5. If the Reviewing Objection Chamber, during the objection reviewing 
proceedings finds that the objection is completely based, then the registration 
of the design is rejected. A copy of the decision of the Reviewing Objectio n 
Chamber to reject the design, when a decision is not appealed to the Appeal 
Board, is deposited in the application file.  
 
6. In any case, against the decision taken by the Reviewing Objection 
Chamber, a complaint can be made to the GDIP Appeal Board, subjec t to 
payment of the relevant fee within a period of one month from the date of 
the decision.  
 7.  In the event that the decision of the Reviewing Objection Chamber 
concerning the opposition to the registration of a design is appealed to the 
Appeal Board, a co py of the final decision of the Appeal Board is deposited 
in the application file for the registration of the design and the GDIP refuses 
or registers the design in consistent with the decision.  
 
8. If the decision of the Appeal Board is appealed to the court, the final 
decision of the latter is deposited in the application file for the registration of 
the design and the GDIP refuses or registers the design in accordance with 
the court decision.  
  
9. The refusal decision shall be published in the Industrial Property Bulletin after 
it has become final.  
 
CHAPTER V  
REGISTRATION OF THE DESIGN AND INFORMATION OF THE 
CERTIFICATE  
 
Article 19  
Registration of the design  
 
1. When the design application meets the conditions laid down in the Law and this 
regulation and when no objection request has been deposited within 3 (three) 
months from the date of publication of the application, or when the objection 
has been waived or when the objection has been rejected and the decision of 
refusal has become final,  the GDIP issues the notification for payment of the 
registration fee and asks the applicant that within 1 (one) month from the date of 
receipt of the notice, to make the payment of the fee and deposit an original 
copy of the payment document at the GDIP.  
 
2. If the applicant fails to pay the registration fee of the design within the time 
limit set out in paragraph 1 of article 125 of the Law and paragraph 1 of this 
article, the GDIP shall reject the registration  of the design and notify the 
applicant in writi ng of the decision taken.  
 
3. When the applicant pays the design registration fee within the time limit set out 
in Article 125 of the law, the GDIP shall register the design in the design 
register and issue the certificate of registration within a period of t hree months 
from the date of the deposit the fee payment document by the GDIP.  
 
4.  The GDIP shall publish the registered design in the Industrial Property 
Bulletin.  
 5.  The registration date of the design, in the design register, is considered the date 
of iss uing the design registration certificate by the GDIP.  
 
 
 
Article 20  
Information containing the certificate of the registration of the design  
 
1. The certificate of registration of the design must contain:  
 
1.1.  Name and address of the registered design owner;  
1.2.  Request number and design registration number;  
1.3.  Deposit date, the date of termination of the protection, the date of 
registration, and the date of priority (if any);  
1.4.  Product representing the design, as well as the class and subclass  of 
the product, in accordance with the Classification of Locarno;  
1.5.  Design submission/ appearance;  
1.6.  Date of publication of the design;  
1.7.  Number of designs involved in the registration in the case of multiple 
designs;  
1.8.  Name and address of  the creator of the design, except cases when the 
creator, by a written statement, requested that his name be omitted.  
 
 
CHAPTER VI  
CHANGES IN THE DESIGN REGISTER  
 
Article 21  
Content of request for changes in the register  
 
1. The request for the registration of a change in the register will contain:  
 
1.1. The application form “On the registration of a change in the register”, 
in which the following information will be specified:  
 
1.1.1.  application number or design registration number;  
1.1.2.  name and address of the applicant or design owner, as written 
in the register;  
1.1.3. name and address of the person depositing the request in 
accordance with article 46 of this regulation;  
1.1.4.  name and address of authorized representative if such one has 
been designated;   
1.1.5.  type of the change requested;  
1.1.6.  change requested by the applicant or the design owner;  1.1.7.  signature of the person submitting the request or of his 
representative;   
 
2. Legal document where the cha nge is based, except for cases of change of 
address of the applicant, change of address of the design owner or change of 
address of the authorized representative;  
 
3. Mandate of payment of the defined fee;  
 
4.  Authorization of representation, if the applicant / design owner has 
designated a representative;  
 
5. The provisions of this article and also of articles 22 and 23 of this regulation, 
shall also apply to the reflection in the register of the transfer of owne rship, 
change of name, change of address, licensing contracts, pledge, execution 
actions and any other change which must be or is required to be reflected in 
the register.   
 
Article 22  
Other documents concerning the request for the registration of changes in 
the register  
 
1. When the application for registration of a change relates to several 
applications/registrations which have the same applicants or owners, a single 
application may be deposited provided that:  
 
1.1. The application or registration numbers  of all applications or records 
have been indicated in the application;  
1.2. In the case of the transfer of ownership of the design, the transfer must 
be made through a written agreement before the notary and signed by 
both parties, which is deposited in the GD IP. 
1.3. Payment is to be made for all required changes;  
 
2. If a partial ownership transfer is required, the GDIP creates a new design 
application and/or registration containing  the design information (in the case 
of multiple designs) for which the transfer was m ade.  
 
3. A full copy of the initial design application or registration documents shall 
be made part of the application or registration documents referred to in 
paragraph 1 of this article. A copy of the application for registration of the 
partial transfer of ownership shall be part of the initial application or 
registration documents.  
 4. A new application and/or registration number will be issued for the 
application or registration of the design according to point 2 of this article.  
 
5. The procedures i nitiated with respect to the application or initial registration 
of a design shall also be considered for the applications or registrations 
referred to in paragraph 2 of this article for which the procedures have been 
initiated.  
 
6. The legal document on whi ch the amendment according to point 2 of article 
21 of this regulation is based should be as follows:  
 
6.1. For the transfer of ownership as appropriate:  
 
6.1.1.  The document certifying the transfer of ownership in the form 
of an agreement signed by both parties and certified by the 
notary;  
 
6.1.2.  Commercial extract issued by competent authority for 
commercial companies to be evidenced by the new owner of the 
design.  
  
6.2. In cases where the transfer of ownership relates to the change of legal 
form of the company, the following shall be deposited:  
 
6.2.1.  Commercial extract issued by the competent authority for 
commercial companies where the defined change is evidenced.  
 
6.3. For the change of the name, as appropriate:  
 
6.3.1. The document which verifies the change of the name;  
6.3.2. Commercial extract issued by the competent authority for 
commercial companies where the defined change is evidenced.  
 
6.4. For the registration of the license contract:  
 
6.4.1. Agreement/contract of licensing which is signed by both parties 
and certified by the notary;  
6.4.2. Duration of the license;  
6.4.3. Format of use the design by the licensee;  
6.4.4. List and quality of the products to be produced by the licensee;  
6.4.5. The territory where  the design for which the license is to be 
used;  
6.4.6. Obligations that the licensor places on the license for the 
implementation of the terms set out in the contract;  6.4.7. The type of license: exclusive or non -exclusive license.  
 
7. A registered contract license may be amended or cancelled at the request of 
one of the parties and any change shall be entered in the register. Every 
change should be accompanied by relevant evidence document.  
  
Article 23  
Procedure related to the examination of applications for registrati on of 
changes in the register  
 
1. If the request for registration of a change in the register has not been 
deposited in accordance with the law and this regulation, the GDIP shall 
notify the applicant/owner of the design for completing the irregularities or 
for depositing additional documents within 2 (two) months from the date of 
notification.  
 
2.  If the applicant who filed the request completes the irregularities or deposits 
additional documents within 2 (two) months from the date of notific ation, 
the GDIP shall decides in relation with the request for the registration of the 
change.  
 
3. With the request of the applicant, the two month time limit can be extended 
up to 2 (two) additional months if a request for extending the deadline is 
deposited within the time limit aforesaid and the defined fee is paid.  
 
4. If the applicant does not meet t he irregularities or does not depose the 
additional documents, referred to in point 1 of this article within 2 (two) 
months or within the extended deadline, the GDIP shall reject the request for 
registration of change in the register.  
 
 
CHAPTER VII  
 
RENEWA L OF DESIGN  
 
Article 24  
Request submission for the renewal of design  
 
1. The request for renewal of the design, provided by article 128 of the Law, is submitted to GDIP 
through the application form “On renewal of industrial design”, and accompanied  by the 
document of payment of the defined fee.  
 2. In the case of multiple designs, along with the request, the authorization of 
representation should also be filed when renewal is required for one or more 
designs contained in the registration.  
 
3. The design renewal request, consisting of the application form “On renewal 
of industrial design” and the payment document of the defined fee, must be 
deposited at the GDIP within the six month period before the expiration date 
of the design protection term. The date of expiration of the design protection 
deadline constitutes the last day of this term. If the request is not deposited 
within this deadline, it may be deposited within an additional period of 6 
(six) months from the date of termination of the design protec tion term, 
against payment of an additional fee.  
 
4. In the case of multiple designs, the owner of the design may request renewal 
for all designs contained in the registration, or for some of them.  
 
5. The renewal starts effects from the next day of the date whe n the registration 
ends the effects.  
 
 
Article 25  
The request review for renewal of design by GDIP  
 
1. The GDIP shall review the design renewal application if it complies with the 
provisions of article 24 of this regulation and, in the event of a deficiency, 
notifies the applicant to make the necessary additions within 2 (two) months 
of the date of receipt of the notice, otherwise the application shall be 
rejected.  This deadline may be extended by 2(two) additional months due to 
the request and payment of the extension fee.  
 
2. When the request for renewal has not been deposited or has been deposited 
after th e period specified in point 3 of article 24 of this regulation, or when 
the corresponding fees have not been paid or when the notified deficiencies 
have not been fixed, the GDIP shall notify the design owner that registration 
has terminated its protective effects and shall make the reflection of this 
decision in the registry of designs.  
 
3. When the request for the renewal of the design is in accordance with the 
provisions of article 24 of this regulation, the GDIP shall register the renewal 
in the design regi ster and issue the renewal certificate within 6 (six) months 
from the date when the application meets all the requirements of article 128 
of the Law and the requirements of article 24 of this regulation.  
 
4. The certificate for the renewal of the design shall  contain:   
4.1. Name and address of the applicant for the design;  
4.2. Request number and design registration number;  
4.3. Deposit date, date of termination of protection, date of renewal, and 
priority date (if any);  
4.4. Product representing the design, as well as the class and subclass of 
the product, in accordance with the Classification of Locarno;  
4.5. Design submission/ representation;  
4.6. Date of publication of the design;  
4.7. Number of designs involved in the registration in the case of 
multiple designs;  
4.8. Name and address of t he design creator, unless the creator has 
requested that his name be omitted.  
 
5.  The GDIP makes  the publication of renewal in the Industrial Property 
Bulletin.  
 
 
 
CHAPTER VIII  
RESIGNATION FROM AN APPLIED/ REGISTRATED DESIGN  
 
 
Article 26  
Submission of application for resignation from the applied design  
 
1. The applicant is entitled to waive the design application, through a written 
request, at any time until a final decision has been taken on the design.  
 
2. If the resignation request is made before the GDIP has examined the design 
registration application for formalities, pursuant to point 2 of article 121 of 
the law, the GDIP shall return the applicant 80% of the amount paid at the 
time of application.  
 
3. Upon depositing such a request, the application is cons idered withdrawn. 
The resignation becomes effective and cannot  be revoked if the resignation 
request has not been revoked with another statement on the same day by the 
applicant.  
 
4. In the case of multiple designs, the applicant may give up some of the 
desig ns for which the application was made or from the entire application.  
 
 
Article 27  Submission and review of application for resignation from the registered 
design  
 
1. The application for registration of resignation from a registered design, 
provided by article 137 of the Law, is submitted to the GDIP through the 
application form “On resignation from the registered industrial design” by 
the owner of the registered design.  
 
2. Along with the application, the applicant must also deposit the following 
documents : 
 
2.1 Mandate of payment of the defined fee;  
2.2 Authorization of representation when the request is submitted by the 
representative of the design owner;  
2.3 When a license contract for this design is registered in the design 
register, a statement issued by the licen see where he claims he is 
aware of the resignation request in compliance with the provision of 
paragraph 2 of article 137 of the law;  
2.4 When a judicial proceeding has been initiated for the right to defend 
the design, the statement issued by the plaintif f, where he declares that 
he agrees to register the resignation, in accordance with the provision 
of point 2 of article 137 of the law.  
 
3. The GDIP shall review the resignation request if it is in accordance with the 
provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article and in the event of a default, 
notifies the applicant to make the necessary additions within 3 (three) 
months from the date of notification, otherwise the request it is rejected.  
 
4. The GDIP registers the resignation from design in the design register and 
notifies the applicant for the resignation registration within 3 (three) months 
of the date when the application completes all the requirements of points 1 
and 2 of this article. The resignation registration notice is published in the 
Industrial Property Bulletin.  
 
5. In the case when a registered design is a multiple design, its owner may 
request resignation for all designs or for some of them, stating at the time of 
application which of the designs he/she wants to give up.  
 
 
 
CHAPTER IX  
PROCEEDINGS AT THE CHAMBER FOR ABOLISHMENT/ 
DEPRECIATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE DESIGN  
  
Article 28  
Content of the request for the abolishment of an industrial design  
 
1. Any request for cancellation of an industrial design must be deposited 
separately.  
 
2. The request for the abolishment of an industrial design must contain:  
  
2.1. The application form “On the abolishment of a registered design”, in 
which the following information will be specified:  
 
2.1.1.  the industrial design registration number in respect of which the 
application is deposited;  
2.1.2.  the name and address of the owner of the industrial design;  
2.1.3.  the name and address of the representative depositing the 
request; 
2.1.4.  the name and address of authorized representative if such one 
has been designated;  
2.1.5.  the products for which the request has been deposited;  
2.1.6.  signature and/or seal of the person depositing the request or his 
authorized representative;  
 
2.2. Arguments and legal basis supporting the request for the abolishment;  
 
2.3. Evidence regarding the legal basis supporting the request for the 
abolishment of the desig n; 
 
2.4. The authorization of representation, if the applicant has appointed a 
representative;  
 
2.5. Payment of the defined fee;   
  
3. The request for the abolishment of the design shall be deposited in two 
identical copies.  
 
 
Article 29  
The review of requests for the abolishment of the registered design  
 
1. Abolishment/ Depreciation Chamber reviews the request for the repeal of a 
design within two months from the date of its deposit. In reviewing the 
request for the repeal of a registered design, the Abol ishment/ Depreciation Chamber shall invite the parties to the extent necessary to deposit their 
claims within a period of 2 (two) months,  from the date of receipt of the 
notice, with respect to the communications submitted by the other parties or 
issued b y the Abolishment/ Depreciation Chamber itself.  
 
2. If the Abolishment/ Depreciation Chamber considers it reasonable, it may 
invite the parties to find a solution with understanding, through an 
agreement, which, if achieved, must be in writing and signed by b oth parties.  
 
3. The GDIP's decision to repeal the registered design will be published and 
will be registered in the design register when it becomes final.  
 
 
CHAPTER X  
RESTORATION WITHIN THE DEADLINE OF THE RIGHTS  
 
Article 30  
Submission of request for the restoration within the deadline  
 
1. In accordance with the provisions of article 122/ b of the law, the applicant 
of a design registration application or his representative may request the 
restoration of the right within 2 (two) months of the removal of the c ause of 
the failure to comply with the deadline but not later than 1 (one) year from 
the expiration of the missed deadline. The written request contains:  
 
1.1. Application form "On restoration within the deadline of industrial 
design rights", with the following  information:  
 
1.1.1.  the application number of the design for which the request for 
restoration within the deadline has been deposited;  
1.1.2.  the name and address of the design applicant for which 
restoration within the deadline has been requested;  
1.1.3.  the name and address of the authorized representative if the 
applicant has designated one;  
1.1.4.  the causes/reasons of non -compliance with the deadline;  
1.1.5.  signature and/or seal of the applicant or his representative.  
 
1.2. the mandate of payment of the defined application fee;  
1.3. Authorization of representation if the application is submitted by the 
representative of the applicant.  
 
 
Article 31  
Review of request for the restoration within the deadline of the right   
1. The GDIP reviews the request for restoration within the deadline of the right 
within a period of one month  from the date of its receipt if it is in accordance 
with the provisions of article 122/ b of the law and article 30 of this 
regulation.  
 
2. If the GDIP accepts the request for the restoration of the right within the 
deadline, it notifies in writing the appli cant for the restoration of the right 
within the deadline which he must complete the irregularities and publishes  
them in the official bulletin.  The refusal issued by the GDIP is abolished and 
the examiner continues the procedure in accordance with the law . 
 
3. If the request for restoration of the right is not in accordance with the 
provisions of Article 122/b of the Law and article 30 of this Regulation, the 
GCIP shall reject the request for restoration within the deadline and notify 
the applicant in writing . 
 
4. The decision of the GDIP to reject the restoration of the right within the 
deadline may be appealed to the Appeal Board within 1 (one) month from 
the date of receipt of the decision to reject the restoration.  
 
Article 32  
Restoration within the deadline concerning the priority  
 
1. When the provided document according to point 2 of article 120 of the law 
has not been deposited at the GDIP within the specified time limit, the 
applicant has the right to request for restoration of the priority right wit hin 
the deadline if:  
 
1.1. the statement of priority has been submitted to the GDIP in 
accordance with the requirements of article 8 of this regulation;  
1.2. the request for restoration of the right within the deadline along with 
the copy of the earlier application is deposited with the GDIP within 
the period provided by point 3 of article 8 of this regulation.  
 
2. The request for restoration of the right within the deadline must be 
accompanied by a document stating the reasons that led to disregard the 
priority period, despite taking the necessary measures.  
 
                        
CHAPTER XI  
APPEAL  
 
Article 33  Appeal of decisions in the Abolishment/ Depre ciation Chamber  
 
1. Any decision for the repeal taken during the examination process may be 
appealed in the Abolishment/ Depreciation Chamber, within 1 (one) month 
of the receipt of the notice, unless otherwise provided by law or this 
regulation, by depositing the following documents:  
 
1.1. Application form “On  appeal of decisions in the Abolishment/ 
Depreciation Chamber”, which contains:  
 
1.1.1 the name and address of the appellant in accordance with article 
46 of this Regulation;  
1.1.2 the decision of the GDIP from which the appeal has been 
deposited;  
1.1.3 the application or design registration number;  
1.1.4 an information indicating whether the decision of the GDIP was 
appealed in whole or a partially .  
1.1.5 signature of the appellant  or his represen tative.  
 
1.2. The document for payment of the appeal fee;  
 
1.3. The reasons for which the appeal was deposited, accompanied by 
supporting evidence;  
 
1.4. Authorization of representation, if the appeal is submitted by the 
applicant's representative.  
 
 
Article 34  
Review of request in the Abolishment/ Depreciation Chamber  
 
1. Abolishment/ Depreciation Chamber reviews the request for the appeal 
within 2 (two) months from the date of its submission. If the appeal is not 
submitted within the time limit provided for in par agraph 1 of Article 33 or 
does not meet the requirements of points 1.1 and 1.2 of Article 33 of this 
Regulation, the Chamber shall notify the appellant in writing that his claim is 
deemed unreported. If an appeal does not meet the requirements set out in 
paragraphs,  1.3 and 1.4 of this Article, the Chamber shall notify in writing 
the applicant to complete the irregularities within two months of the date of 
receipt of the notification.  
 
2.  The Chamber shall reject the request for appeal if the appellant fai ls to 
complete the irregularities in the notification within the time limit set out in 
paragraph 1 of this Article and notifies the appellant of the decision of refusal. When the request for appeal complies with the requirements of 
article 33 of this regul ation, the Chamber shall consider the request for 
appeal within a period of two months from the date of its submission and 
notify the appellant of the decision taken.  
 
3.  The appellant has the right to appeal to the Appeal Board the decision of the 
Chamb er in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4 of article 126 of 
the law and shall pay the defined fee.  
 
4. During the review, the Chamber has the right to ask the appellant of the 
decision, to submit additional materials and documents within a period of  
one month from the date of notification.  
 
5. The Abolishment/ Depreciation Chamber, when reviewing a request, in 
accordance with the respective powers provided for by law and this 
regulation, shall be expressed by acceptance, partial acceptance or the 
dismis sal of the request under review.  
 
 
Article 35  
Handling of the application after the decision on the appeal  
 
1. When the Chamber decides to accept the  objection and the decision is not 
appealed to the Appeals Board, a copy of this decision shall be deposited in 
the application file for the registration of the design and the examiner shall 
continue the procedure for registration of the design in accordan ce with the 
provisions of the Law and this regulation.  
 
2. When the Chamber decides to reject the appeal and the decision is not 
appealed to the Appeals Board, a copy of the decision of the Chamber shall 
be deposited in the file for the design registration and the refusal becomes 
final.  
 
3. If the decision of the Chamber is appealed to the Appeal Board, a copy of the 
final decision of the Appeal Board shall be deposited in the application file 
for registration and the GDIP shall reject or record th e design in accordance 
with the decision of the Board.  
 
4.  If the decision of the Appeal Board is appealed to the court, a copy of the 
final court decision is deposited in the application file for the registration of 
the design and the GDIP refuses or regist ers the design in accordance with 
the court decision.  
 
Article 36  Appeal decisions to the Appeal Board  
 
1. Decisions that may be appealed to the Appeals Board are:  
 
1.1. decisions  taken by the Chamber to review the objections;  
1.2. decisions taken by the Abolishment/ Depreciation Chamber;  
1.3. decisions for restoration of the right within the deadline.  
 
2. The appeal of a decision results in the suspension of further prosecution of 
the relevant proceedings.  
 
3. The above -mentioned decisions take effect as they become final.  
    
 
Article 37  
Submission of an Appeal Request to the Appeal Board  
 
 1. The appeal procedure in the Appeal Board is initiated through the deposit of 
the following documents:  
 
1.1. Application form “On  appeal of decisions in the Appeal Board”, 
which contains:  
 
1.1.1.  the name and address of the appellant in accordance with 
article 46 of this Regulation;  
1.1.2. the decision of the GDIP from which the appeal ha s been 
deposited;  
1.1.3.  the application or design registration number;  
1.1.4.  an information indicating whether the decision of the GDIP 
was appealed in whole or a partially ;  
1.1.5.  signature of the appellant or his representative;  
 
1.2. The document for payment of the appeal fee;  
 
1.3. arguments and/or evidence on which the appeal is based;  
 
1.4. Authorization of representation, if the appeal is submitted by the 
applicant's representative.  
 
2. The request for appeal must be deposited in two identical copies.  
 
 
Article 38  Review of requests by the Appeal Board  
 
1. The Secretary of the Appeals Board shall, within 1 (one) month from the 
date of the deposit of the request for appeal, review if it contains the 
documents provided for in article 37 of this regulation.  
 
2. When a reque st for appeal is filed in accordance with Article 37 of this 
Regulation, the Secretary of the Appeal Board shall send to the party against 
whom the appeal is filed, a copy of the request for appeal and shall notify it 
within 2 (two) months from the date of  receipt of the notice, the arguments 
and any other document relating to the appeal.  
 
3. In case that a request for appeal has not been filed in accordance with the 
conditions set out in Article 37 of this Regulation, the Secretary of the 
Appeal Board shall notify in written form the Appeal Board, which rejects 
the request for appeal and notifies the appellant of the decision taken.  
 
4. The Secretary of the Appeal Board shall , within 1 (one) month from the 
expiration of the deadline provided for in paragr aph 2 of this Article, submit 
to the Appeal Board the request for appeal.  
 
5. The Appeal Board reviews a request within 3 (three) months from the date of 
its submission to the Board.  
  
6. During the review of a request, the Appeal Board, when it considers it 
reasonable, has the right to request from the parties, through a written notice, 
to submit additional evidence and documents within a reasonable period of 
time, but in any case no later than 1 (one) month from the date of the receipt 
of the notice from the pa rty. 
 
7. If the Appeal Board considers it reasonable, it may invite the parties to 
hearings and asks them to find a solution by understanding, which, if 
achieved, must materialize in a written agreement signed by both parties 
before the notary or before the Appeal Board.  
 
8. The Secretary of the Appeal Board notifies the parties involved in the 
procedure upon the decision of the Appeal Board, but not in any case, no 
later than 1 (one) month from the date of the decision.  
 
9. The Appeal Board, when reviewing a r equest, in accordance with the 
respective powers provided for by law and this regulation, shall be expressed 
by acceptance, partial acceptance or the dismissal of the request under 
review.  
  
Article 39  
Effect of decisions  
 
1. The Appeal Board's decision becom es final from the next day of the 
expiration of the deadline for appeal to the court, when none of the parties 
filed an appeal against the decision of the Board.  
 
2. When the decision of the Appeal Board or the decision of the Court has 
become final, the GDIP executes the decision in accordance with the 
legislation in force.  
 
3. In case of appeal of the decision of the Appeal Board to the court, the 
complainant is oblige d to notify GDIP within 1 (one) month from the filing 
date of the appeal to the court, in order to avoid the execution of the decision 
of the Appeal Board.  
 
 
 
CHAPTER XII  
APPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF 
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS  
 
Article 40  
Submiss ion of applications for international registration  
 
1. International application shall be deposited in accordance with the requirements 
of the Hague Agreement and shall contain:  
 
1.1 . The specific form set by the WIPO International Bureau with the 
following specifications:  
 
1.1.1. the name and address of the applicant;  
1.1.2. the name and address of the applicant's representative;  
1.1.3. the application or registration number of the design on which 
the application for international registration is based;  
1.1.4. the appearance/ image of the design which should be identical as 
in the application or the national registration;  
1.1.5. information of the priority if a priority is claimed, or when 
priority is claimed from the international exhibition, the data of 
the official international e xhibition;  
1.1.6. classes and subclasses according to Locarno classification;  
1.1.7. the number of designs involved in the international application 
in the case of multiple designs;  1.1.8. union member countries for which the scope of international 
registration is required;  
1.1.9. the description of the design, which will only describe the 
features of the industrial design that appear in its reproductions. 
In addition, the material that is displayed for reproduction but 
for which protection is not required can be shown in its 
descript ion. In the description it can be indicated the possible 
use of the design as long as it is not technical. This description 
cannot  exceed 100 words as it has additional costs. The 
description of the design must be the same as the description 
made in the na tional application or registration;  
1.1.10.  the identity of the creator/creators;  
1.1.11.  publication of international registration, if the applicant selects 
one of the other options other than that already set out in the 
application form for international registration;   
1.1.12.  signature and/or seal of the applicant or his representative.  
 
1.2. The mandate of payment of the defined fee.  
 
1.3. The form referred to in point 1.1 of this article must be presented in 2 
(two) identical copies.  
 
 
Article 41  
Other requirements related to the application for international registration  
 
 
1. The international registration ends if the industrial design is no longer 
protected in the Republic of Albania.  
 
2. The request for international registration should be referenced to an 
industrial design applied or registered in the GDIP.  
 
3. Before applying for international registration of industrial designs, the 
application for the national registration in the National Register of Industrial 
Designs must be carried out.  
 
4. All the information contained in the application for international registration 
must fully comply with the data in the National Records of Industrial 
Designs.  
 
5. The international registration fee is provided in the Hague Agreement and is 
carried out at the International Bureau .  
 6. The fee for obtaining, verifying and transmitting the application for 
international registration is deposited in the GDIP’s account.  
 
7. The application form and other official forms are available on the site of the 
International Bureau of Intellectual Pr operty.  
 
 
CHAPTER XIII  
OTHER DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY GIDP RELATED  TO INDUSTRIAL 
DESIGNS  
 
 
Article 42  
Extracts and investigations issued by the registry of designs  
 
1. Pursuant to article 192, article 192, and article 194 of the law, the GDIP shall 
issue interested persons, extracts from the design register, as well as 
response to the requests for investigation.  
 
2.  The request for extract of the register for a registered design is submitted to 
the GDIP in writing, accompanied by the payment document of the defined 
fee, otherwise the request is considered unpublished. The registry extract 
issued by the GDIP contains all the design information and the history of the 
changes that it has undergone.  
 
3. The request for investigation, in relation to a design, is submitted to the 
GDIPs in writing, accompanied by the payment document of the defined fee, 
otherwise the request is considered unpublished.  
 
4. The GDIP shall notify the claimant in writing of the outcome of the 
investigation.  
 
 
Article 43  
Duplicates and prio rity document  
 
1. The owner of a registered design has the right to request a duplicate of the 
design registration certificate, its certificate of renewal or other notices 
issued by the GDIP for registration of changes in the design register.  
 
2. The duplicate request is made in writing and must be accompanied by the 
payment document of the defined fee as well as with the authorization of 
representation when the request is submitted by the representative of the 
design owner, otherwise the request is co nsidered unpublished.   
3. The applicant who has deposited with the GDIP an application for 
registration of a design has the right to request a priority design document 
within 6 (six) months from the date of the deposit the application for the 
registration of the design, against payment of the defined fee .  
 
4.  The priority document, issued by the GDIP, contains the following 
information:  
 
4.1. Date and deposit number;  
4.2. Name and address of the applicant;  
4.3. Name and address of the creator of the design;  
4.4. Product representi ng the design, as well as the class and 
subclass of the product, in accordance with the Classification of 
Locarno;  
4.5. Number of designs involved in the application in the case of 
multiple designs;  
4.6. Representation (reproduction) of the design according to the 
images deposited by the applicant.  
 
 
Article 44  
File inspection for registered design  
 
1. The file of an unpublished design registration application cannot  be 
inspected without the consent of the applicant.  
 
2. Upon the publication of the design application, the file relevant to this 
application and the resulting design may be inspected upon the filing of a 
written request and payment of the defined fee.  
 
4. When the files are inspected under point 2 of this article, documents relating 
to the exclusi on or the request for the exclusion of a member of the Chamber 
of Objections or the Abolishment/ Depreciation Chamber or the Board of 
Appeal, because of the existence of the conflict of interest, drafts decisions 
and opinions as well as all internal docume nts used for the preparation of 
decisions and opinions, as well as the parts of the file for which the 
interested party shows a special interest in maintaining confidentiality before 
the request for inspection of the file has been submitted, shall be prohi bited 
for inspection unless the inspection of such documents of the file is justified 
by a legitimate and essential interest of the party requesting the inspection.  
 5. Inspecting application files for design registration and/or registered design 
shall be per formed on original documents, copies thereof or other technical 
means of storage.  
 
6. File inspection should take place in the GDIP’s facilities. Based on a written 
request, the file inspection may be accompanied by the issuance of copies of 
the file documen ts. Issuance of these copies is conditional upon payment of a 
defined fee. The GDIP shall also issue, on the basis of a written request and 
after payment of the defined fee, certified or not certified copies of the 
application for the design registration.  
 
7. When the files are inspected under point 5 of this article, the file inspection 
shall be deemed to be unpublished until payment of the relevant fee is made.  
 
8. In accordance with the limitations set out in point 3 of this article, and also 
on the basis of a written request, the GDIP may communicate information 
from any file belonging to an application for design registration or a 
registered design, upon payment o f the investigation fee.  
 
 
Article 45  
Abolishment or amendment of error administrative acts  
 
1. The applicant may request, through a written request, the correction of errors 
or inaccuracies contained in the application for the registration of the design, 
when they relate to the name or address of the applicant, the creator or 
representative of the applicant or other inaccuracies which do not violate the 
essence of the application elements, as long as the application is not 
registered in the design register.  
 
2. In the case of the GDIP issuing of acts containing errors or inaccuracies not 
for the fault of the applicant or design owner, their correction is made by the 
GDIP on the basis of on its own initiative or a written request submitted by 
the applicant or the  owner of the design.  The GDIP issues the corrected act 
as the applicant or the design owner has submitted to the GDIP the original 
of the act for which the correction is requested and reflects the correction in 
the design register and publishes it in the Industrial Property Bu lletin.  
 
3. The request for correction of an error in the application or other documents 
filed with the GDIP, submitted by the applicant or the owner, as appropriate, 
contains:  
 
3.1. Number and date of the deposit of the request with which the request 
is made to correct the error;  3.2. Name and address of the applicant or owner;  
3.3. Name and address of the representative,  if such one has been 
designated;  
3.4. Design required for error correction and proposed correction;  
3.5. Signature of the applicant or, as the case may be, the representative.  
 
4. The request for error correction is considered to be submitted only after the 
amount determined by the Decision  of the Council of Ministers for the 
industrial property facilities is paid.  
 
5. If the same error correction is required in many applications submitted by the 
same applicant, it is sufficient to submit a single error correction request 
indicating the number and date of the applications to which it relates . The fee 
payment set out in the relevant regulation must be made for each separate 
application. The original payment document is attached to each application.  
 
6. The GDIP may require the submission of additional evidence on the veracity 
of the reported error.  
 
7. Any correction made to a published design application should be published 
in the next industrial property bulletin.  
 
 
 
CHAPTER XIV  
GENERAL REQUESTS  
 
Article 46  
Name and address  
 
1. In the communications deposited before the GDIP, the name and address of 
the applicant, shall be shown in the following method:  
 
1.1. If the opposing applicant or the person submitting the request is a 
natural person: name, surname, address, city, state;  
1.2. If the opposing applicant or the person submitting the application is 
a legal person: company name, address, city, state.   
 
2. In the communications deposited at the GDIP, the name and address of the 
authorized representative  shall be shown in the following method: name, 
surname, address, city, state and/ or code of representative.    
 3. When an application has been deposited by several applicants, 
correspondence regarding the application will be sent to the addresses of 
each applicant, unless they have appointed an authorized representative.  
 
4. The applicant may declare other contact modes such as phone number, fax, 
e-mail address, etc.  
 
5.  The provisions of this article, and also of articles 47 and 48 of this regulation 
shall also apply to correspondence with the Objection Review Chamber, 
Abolishment/ Depreciation Chamber and the Appeal Board.  
  
6. In all design templates, the following text will be provided:  
 
  "I, the undersigned acknowledge that the GDIP may contact me through 
the followi ng communication tools on issues related to the procedures 
provided in law no.9947, dated 7.7.2008,"On Industrial Property", as 
amended, and by -laws for its implementation through:  
 electronic mail ( e-mail), in the following address:_______________;  
 Communication ( SMS, phone call), in the following 
number:__________________;  
  fax in the following number:  __________________ ________;”  
 
GDIP announces that recording the above contact data is voluntary. GDIP 
shall retain this information (hereinafter referred to as "personal data") that 
the applicant and/ or the authorized person (hereinafter referred to as "the 
subject") have entered in this application form.  
 
Personal data will be processed and used by GDIP, in the capacity of the 
Controller, or by third parties designated by GDIP, as the processor, 
exclusively to communicate with the subject, regarding the procedures 
related  to this application. Personal data will not be passed to a third party 
without prior consent of the subject and will not be subject to international 
transfer. In addition, GDIP may occasionally use personal data to contact the 
subject and to send informat ion that may be of interest to him/ her such as: 
notifications, events and/ or legal developments in the scope of the GDIP 
activity.  
GDIP will stop sending this information if the subject expressly notifies 
GDIP in writing that he/ she does not wish to be  further contacted to receive 
such information.  
 
The subject has the right to access, block, correct or delete personal data, that 
GDIP has stored in the database,  and to request to exercise any other right 
recognized by law no. 9887, dated 10.3.2008, "On Personal Data 
Protection", as amended.   
Date: _____._____.________     
_________________________ (name, surname, signature)  
  
Through this special signature, the S ignatory gives consent to GDIP to 
maintain  process and use personal data of the subject, in accordance with the 
above conditions. Through this special signature, the Signatory also declares 
under his/ her responsibility that the contact details as above ar e his or her 
personal data or of a third person who has authorized the Signatory to 
perform such actions.”  
 
7.  In all design forms that will be deposited in the GDIP shall be placed the 
office address and logos.  
 
Article 47  
Requests related to correspondence  
 
1. The GDIP shall only accept handwritten signatures on the documents 
deposited with it.  
 
2. If a GDIP communication contains several documents that relate to some 
applications - in each document should be written the application number 
with which  the document is attached.  
 
Article 48  
Deposit of documents  
 
1. Correspondence with the GDIP shall be done manually or by mail.  
 
2. The request or any other type of document deposited in GDIP shall be in 
written and translated into Albanian.  
 
 
Article 49  
Notification and delivery of documents  
 
1. The date of notification of a document shall be deemed to be the date of 
receipt of the notification by the applicant or his representative. The notice 
deadlines shall be calculated starting from the day after the re ceipt of the 
notice.  
 
2. Any notification, sent to the representative, shall have the same effect as 
being sent to the person represented.  
 3. Any communication addressed to the GDIP by a representative shall be 
deemed to have been sent by the person represented.  
 
4. If an authorized representative is appointed, the GDIP will send all 
notifications to the latter.  
 
Article 50  
Authorization of repres entation  
 
1. Authorization of representation; must contain:  
 
1.1. the applicant's signature as certified by the notary, when the applicant 
is a foreign natural person;  
1.2. signature  and seal, or signature certified by a notary when the 
applicant is an Albanian or foreign legal person.  
 
2. If the representation authorization is not in accordance with the provided 
rules in this regulation, the GDIP shall notify the representative who file d the 
application to complete the irregularities within 3 (three) months from the 
day of receipt of the notice.  
 
3. If the person who has filed the authorization of representation does not 
complete the irregularities within the deadline specified in the notic e of the 
GDIP under point 2 of this article, the GDIP shall refuse the application.  
  
4. The GDIP registers in the design register an authorized representative with 
respect to a design when the representatives are given with the right 
authorization to follow the procedures and carry out the actions provided for 
in the law and regulation relate d to the designs.  
 
5. Regarding, acting and following the procedures related to a design, the 
registered representative, according to the previous paragraph, does not need 
to file the original authorization, but a photocopy of it.  
 
6.  When the applicant or the owner of a design has revoked or changed the 
representation authorization, he must deposit with the GDIP the request for 
revocation of change of authorization, and also appointing a new 
representative. The application is register ed in the design register, according 
to point 4 of this article.  
 
 
Article 51  
Hearings  
 1. Where deemed necessary, the GDIP or the Appeal Board shall hold hearings, 
and invite parties to attend hearings.  
 
 
Article 52  
Evidence taking  
 
1. Obtaining and securing the evidence from GDIP and the Appeal Board consists 
of: 
 
1.1. Hearing to the parties;  
1.2. Requesting the parties for extra information;  
1.3. Depositing documents and evidence;  
1.4. Hearing other persons when deemed necessary by the GDIP, the 
Appeal Board or at the request of the parties.