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1. Registration of the EU design shall be renewed at the request of the right holder of the registered EU design or of any person expressly authorised by the right holder to request the renewal, provided that the renewal fees have been paid.

2. The Office shall inform the right holder of the registered EU design and any person having a registered right in respect of the EU design of the expiry of the registration at least six months before the date of such expiry. Failure to give such information shall not involve the responsibility of the Office and shall not affect the expiry of the registration.

3. The request for renewal shall be submitted within a six months period prior to the expiry of the registration. The renewal fee shall also be paid within that period. Failing that, the request may be submitted and the fee paid within a further period of six months following the expiry of the registration, provided that an additional fee for late payment of the renewal fee or late submission of the request for renewal is paid within that further period.

4. The request for renewal referred to in paragraph 1 shall include:

(a) the name of the person requesting renewal;

(b) the registration number of the EU design to be renewed;

(c) in case of a registration on the basis of a multiple application, an indication of the designs for which renewal is requested. If the renewal fees are paid, the payment shall be deemed to constitute a request for renewal provided that it contains all necessary indications to establish the purpose of the payment.

5. In the case of a registration on the basis of a multiple application pursuant to Article 37, where the fees paid are insufficient to cover all the designs for which renewal is requested, registration shall be renewed in respect of those designs which the amount paid is clearly intended to cover. In the absence of other criteria for determining which designs are intended to be covered, the Office shall treat the designs in the consecutive numerical order in which they are contained in the multiple application.

6. Renewal shall take effect from the day following the date on which the existing registration expires. The renewal shall be entered in the Register.

7. Where the request for renewal is filed within the periods provided for in paragraph 3, but the other conditions for renewal provided for in this Article are not satisfied, the Office shall inform the applicant of the deficiencies found.

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.

9. A single request for renewal may be submitted for two or more designs provided that the holder or the representative is the same for all designs covered by the request. The required renewal fee shall be paid in respect of each design for which renewal is requested.