Article 44 - Exhibition priority

1. If an applicant for a registered EU design has disclosed products in which the design is incorporated, or to which it is applied, at an official or officially recognised international exhibition falling within the 1928 Convention on International Exhibitions as last revised on 30 November 1972, the applicant may, if the application is filed within a period of six months from the date of the first disclosure of such products, claim a right of priority from that date. 

2. An applicant who wishes to claim priority pursuant to paragraph 1 shall file a declaration of priority either together with the application or within two months of the date of filing. The applicant shall, within three months of the declaration of priority, file evidence that the products in which the design is incorporated, or to which it is applied, have been disclosed within the meaning of paragraph 1. 

3. An exhibition priority granted in a Member State or in a third country shall not extend the period of priority laid down in Article 41.