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IP/N/1/IRL/D/5  
 
12 April 2023  
(23-2614) 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 REGULATIONS 2002  
(S.I. NO. 280/2002)  
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280/2002)  
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_8751_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
This Instrument embodies the Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 made by the Tánaiste and 
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment pursuant to powers conferred on her by section 85 
of the Industrial Designs Act 2001 (No. 39 of 2001 ), and in exercise, with the sanction of the Minister 
for Finance, of the powers conferred by section 9 of th at Act. The Regulations prescribe the fees 
payable, forms to be used and the procedures to be observed in connection with the registration of 
industrial designs under the provisions of the Act. These Regulations come into operation on 
1 July 2002, which is  the day the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has 
appointed for commencement of the Act.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 July 2002  
Other date   Publication: 31 May 2002  IP/N/1/IRL/31 • IP/N/1/IRL/D/5  
 
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  Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  28 March 2023  
Other information   
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.  