Article 12

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1. The applicant may at any time withdraw a Community design application or, in the case of a multiple application, withdraw some of the designs contained in the application.

 

2. Only the name and address of the applicant, errors of wording or of copying, or obvious mistakes may be corrected, at the request of the applicant and provided that such correction does not change the representation of the design.

 

3. An application for the correction of the application pursuant to paragraph 2 shall contain:

(a) the file number of the application;

(b) the name and the address of the applicant in accordance with Article 1(1)(b);

(c) where the applicant has appointed a representative, the name and the business address of the representative in accordance with Article 1(1)(e);

(d) the indication of the element of the application to be corrected and that element in its corrected version.

 

4. If the requirements for the correction of the application are not fulfilled, the Office shall communicate the deficiency to the applicant. If the deficiency is not remedied within the time limits specified by the Office, the Office shall reject the application for correction.

 

5. A single application may be made for the correction of the same element in two or more applications submitted by the same applicant.

 

6. Paragraphs 2 to 5 shall apply mutatis mutandis to applications to correct the name or the business address of a representative appointed by the applicant.