Article 1 - Scope

1.   This Directive applies to:

(a) design rights registered with the central industrial property offices of the Member States;

(b) design rights registered at the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property;

(c) design rights registered under international arrangements which have effect in a Member State;

(d) applications for the design rights referred to in points (a), (b) and (c).

2.   For the purpose of this Directive, design registration shall also comprise the publication following filing of the design with the industrial property office of a Member State in which such publication has the effect of bringing a design right into existence.