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IP/N/1/IRL/D/2  
 
6 April 2023  
(23-2441)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
IRELAND : INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS ACT 2001 (NO. 39 OF 2001)  
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Industrial Designs Act 2001 (No. 39 of 2001)  
Subject matter  Industrial designs  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/IRL/23_8753_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/IRL/8  - IP/N/1/IRL/C/3  - IP/N/1/IRL/O/2  - IP/N/1/IRL/T/5 ; 
IP/N/1/IRL/P/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
An Act to make provision for the protection of designs, to give effect to Directive 98/71/ EC of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs, to 
give effect to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning  the international registration of 
industrial designs adopted at Geneva on 2 July 1999, and to provide for related matters.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 July 2002  
Other date   Adoption: 27 November 2001  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  28 March 2023  IP/N/1/IRL/28 • IP/N/1/IRL/D/2  
 
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  Other information  The Industrial Design s Act of 2001 repeals all the remaining provisions of the 
Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Acts, 1927 to 1958 and the 
Copyright Act (No. 10 of 1963)  
 
See also: IP/N/1/EU/D/1  
(Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
13 October 1998 on the  legal protection of designs ) 
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Unit  
Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment  
 
Email:  trademarks@enterprise.gov.ie  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  