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Article 110

Transitional provision

  1. Until such time as amendments to this Regulation enter into force on a proposal from the Commission on this subject, protection as a Community design shall not exist for a design which constitutes a component part of a complex product used within the meaning of Article 19(1) for the purpose of the repair of that complex product so as to restore its original appearance.
  2. The proposal from the Commission referred to in para graph 1 shall be submitted together with, and take into consid eration, any changes which the Commission shall propose on the same subject pursuant to Article 18 of Directive 98/71/EC.