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1. The Office shall keep a Register of registered EU designs which it shall keep up to date.

2. The Register shall contain the following entries relating to EU design registrations:

(a) the date of filing and registration of the application, pursuant to Article 48(3);

(b) the file number of the application and the file number of each individual design included in a multiple application;

(c) the date of the publication of the registration;

(d) the name, and the city and country of the applicant;

(e) the name and business address of the representative, other than a representative referred to in Article 77(3), first subparagraph;

(f) the representation of the design;

(g) the names of the products, preceded by the numbers of the classes and subclasses of the Locarno classification;

(h) particulars of claims of priority pursuant to Article 42;

(i) particulars of claims of exhibition priority pursuant to Article 44;

(j) the citation of the designer or of the team of designers pursuant to Article 18, or a statement that the designer or the team of designers has waived the right to be cited;

(k) the language in which the application was filed and the second language which the applicant has indicated in the application, pursuant to Article 98(3);

(l) the date of registration of the design in the Register and the registration number pursuant to Article 48(1);

(m) an indication of any request for deferment of publication pursuant to Article 50(3), specifying the date of expiry of the period of deferment;

(n) an indication that a description was filed pursuant to Article 36(3), point (a).

3. The Register shall also contain the following entries, each accompanied by the date of their recording:

(b) changes in the name or business address of the representative, other than a representative referred to in Article 77(3), first subparagraph;

(c) where a new representative is appointed, the name and business address of that representative;

(d) changes in the name of the designer or the team of designers pursuant to Article 18;

(g) an indication that entitlement proceedings have been instituted before the competent court or authority under Article 15(5), point (a);

(h) the date and particulars of the final decision of the competent court or authority or other termination of proceedings pursuant to Article 15(5), point (b);

(i) a change of ownership pursuant to Article 15(5), point (c);

(j) a transfer pursuant to Article 28;

(k) the creation or transfer of a right in rem pursuant to Article 29 and the nature of the right in rem;

(l) a levy of execution pursuant to Article 30 and insolvency proceedings pursuant to Article 31;

(n) the renewal of the registration pursuant to Article 50d and the date from which that renewal takes effect;

(o) the determination of the expiry of the registration pursuant to Article 50d(8);

(p) a declaration of surrender by the holder pursuant to Article 51(1);

(q) the date of submission and the particulars of an application for a declaration of invalidity under Article 52, of a counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity pursuant to Article 84(5) or of an appeal brought pursuant to Article 55;

(r) the date and particulars of the final decision on the application for a declaration of invalidity pursuant to Article 53, of the final decision on a counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity pursuant to Article 86(3), of the final decision on an appeal pursuant to Article 55, or of any other termination of proceedings pursuant, to those Articles;

(s) the cancellation of the entry concerning the representative recorded pursuant to paragraph 2, point (e);

(t) the modification or cancellation from the Register of the items referred to in paragraph 3, points (l), (m) and (n).

(u) the revocation of a decision or the cancellation of an entry in the Register pursuant to Article 66h, where the revocation concerns a decision or the cancellation concerns an entry which has been published.

4. The Executive Director may determine that items other than those referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 are to be entered in the Register.

5. The Register may be maintained in electronic form. The Office shall collect, organise, make public and store the items referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, including any personal data, for the purposes laid down in paragraph 8. The Office shall keep the Register easily accessible for public inspection.

6. The holder of a registered EU design shall be notified of any change in the Register.

7. The Office shall, where access to the Register is not restricted pursuant to Article 74(5), provide, by electronic means, certified or uncertified extracts from the Register upon request.

8. The processing of the data concerning the entries set out in paragraphs 2 and 3, including any personal data, shall take place for the purposes of:

(a) administering the applications, registrations, or both, as described in this Regulation and any acts adopted pursuant to it;

(b) maintaining a public Register for inspection by, and the information of, public authorities and economic operators, in order to enable them to exercise the rights conferred on them by this Regulation and be informed about the existence of prior rights belonging to third parties;

(c) producing reports and statistics enabling the Office to optimise its operations and improve the functioning of the system for registration of EU designs.

9. All the data, including personal data, concerning the entries set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall be considered to be of public interest and may be accessed by any third party except to the extent that Article 50(2) provides otherwise. The entries in the Register shall be kept for an indefinite period.