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title: "Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs"
id: 54025664-cf13-4cad-bd03-ae374124ea45
authority: eu
place: "European Union"
applies_also_from: []
kind: directive
in_force: true
publisher_url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:31998L0071
attribution: "© European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu"
solon_url: https://solon.orangecat.ch/law/54025664-cf13-4cad-bd03-ae374124ea45
text: not held
---

# Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs