Article 20 - Limitation of the rights conferred by an EU design

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1.   The rights conferred by an EU design shall not be exercised in respect of:
(a) acts carried out privately and for non-commercial purposes;

(b) acts carried out for experimental purposes;

(c) acts of reproduction for the purpose of making citations or of teaching;

(d) acts carried out for the purpose of identifying or referring to a product as that of the design right holder;

(e) acts carried out for the purpose of comment, critique or parody;

(f) the equipment on ships and aircraft that are registered in a third country and that temporarily enter the territory of the Union;

(g) the importation into the Union of spare parts and accessories for the purpose of repairing ships and aircraft referred to in point (f);

(h) the execution of repairs on ships and aircraft referred to in point (f).

 

2.   Paragraph 1, points (c), (d) and (e), shall only apply where the acts are compatible with fair trade practices and do not unduly prejudice the normal exploitation of the design, and in the case referred to in point (c), where mention is made of the source of the product in which the design is incorporated or to which the design is applied.