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Decree No. 2001-1985 of August 27, 2001, fixing the amounts of the fees relating to industrial designs

The President of the Republic,

On a proposal by the Minister of Industry,

Considering Law No. 82-66 of August 6, 1982 on Standardization and Quality, in particular Articles 4 and 17,

Considering Law No. 2001-21 of February 6, 2001 on the Protection of Industrial Designs,

Considering Decree No. 82-1314 of September 24, 1982 concerning the Organization and Functioning of the National Institute of Standardization and Industrial Property, in particular Article 11,

Considering Decree No. 98-2133 of November 2, 1998, concerning the amounts of the fees relating to industrial property,

Considering the opinion of the Minister of Finance,

Considering the opinion of the administrative tribunal.

Hereby decrees:

1. The amounts of the fees relating to industrial designs, as provided for in Articles 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15 and 16 of the above Law No. 2001-21 of February 6, 2001, shall be fixed in accordance with the table attached to this Decree.

The amounts of the fees shall not include V.A.T.

2. The fees referred to in Article one of this Decree shall be collected in accordance with the same procedures as laid down in Table “D,” attached to the above Decree No. 98-2133 of November 2, 1998.

3. All previous provisions contrary to this Decree, in particular Table “C” attached to the above Decree No.98-2133 of November 2, 1998, shall be repealed.

4. The Minister of Finance and the Minister of Industry shall, within their individual remits, be responsible for enforcing this Decree which shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia.

Tunis, August 27, 2001. Zin El Abidin Bin Ali

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ANNEX

Amounts of fees relevant to industrial designs

Nature of operation Amount in dinars

Deposit of industrial designs, irrespective of their number and the duration of their protection ..............................................................................................Fifty three (53)

Adjournment of the publication of reproductions of the industrial design ..........Twenty (20)

Protection by design appearing in the same declaration from the first to the twentieth:

1. for a period of protection or an extension of the period of protection of five years ................................................................................................Thirty nine (39)

2. for a period of protection or an extension of the period of protection of ten years .................................................................................................Forty six (46)

3. for a period of protection of 15 years .......................................................Fifty four (54)

Protection by design appearing in the same declaration from the twenty-first to the fiftieth:

1. for a period of protection or an extension of the period of protection of five years ................................................................................................Thirty six (36)

2. for a period of protection or an extension of the period of protection of ten years ..................................................................................................Forty two (42)

3. for a period of protection of 15 years .......................................................Forty nine (49)

Claim of the priority of a previous deposit in another country, by priority .........Twenty (20)

Entry of any act amending or transferring the rights attached to a deposited design ............................................................................................................Sixty two (62)

Issue of a copy of an entry in the Register of Industrial Designs .........................Ten (10)

Surrender of the deposit of industrial designs, by design ....................................Twenty three (23)

Entry of any amendment of the deposits of the industrial designs entered ..........Six (6)

Lifting of revocation .............................................................................................Thirty (30)

Note: Translation by the International Bureau of WIPO.