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Law No. 585 Of 29 October 2002 Modifying And Completing Law No. 129/1992 On The Protection Of Industrial Designs

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 585 din 29 octombrie 2002 pentru modificarea şi completarea Legii nr. 129/1992 privind protecţia desenelor şi modelelor industriale

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LEGE no. 585 585 of 29 October 2002 to amend and supplement Law no. 129/1992 on the protection of industrial designs
ISSUER PARLIAMENT
Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 810 810 of 7 November 2002



The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article 1 Law no. 129/1992 on the protection of industrial drawings and models, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 1 of 8 January 1993, shall be amended and supplemented as follows: 1. Article 1 shall read as follows: "" Art. 1. -Rights on industrial drawings and models are recognized and protected on the territory of Romania by recording the industrial design, under the conditions of this law, at the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks, continue O.S.I.M. " 2. Article 1 shall be inserted after Article 1 with the following contents: "" Art. 1 1 ^ 1. -For the purposes of this law, the following terms or expressions shall be defined as follows: a) The Hague arrangement-Arrangement on the international warehouse of drawings and industrial models, adopted in The Hague on 6 November 1925, with subsequent amendments and completions, to which Romania acceded by Law no. 44/1992 ; b) author-a natural person or a group of individuals formed on the basis of a settlement, who created the industrial design; c) certificate of registration-the title of protection granted by O.S.I.M. for registered industrial drawings and models; d) industrial drawing-the external appearance of a product or part thereof, rendered in two dimensions, resulting from the combination of the main characteristics, in particular lines, contours, colours, shape, texture and/or materials and/or ornamentation of the product itself; e) insignificant details-those graphic or form elements that do not determine the individual character of the industrial design; f) industrial-a design shall be considered to be industrial if the object to which the design relates may be reproduced by industrial or artisanal means whenever necessary; g) authorized trustee-person who exercises the profession of industrial property adviser under the law and who may represent an interested party in the proceedings before O.S.I.M.; h) industrial model-the external appearance of a product or part thereof rendered in three dimensions, resulting from the combination of the main characteristics, in particular lines, contours, colours, shape, texture and/or ornamentation of the product in self; i) utility model-creation that solves a technical problem, especially with regard to the shape of the construction, the assembly of a product and presents novelty worldwide; j) product-any article obtained through an industrial or artisanal process, containing among other things elements designed to be assembled in a complex product, packaging, presentation forms, arrangements, graphic symbols, typographical characters; computer programs are not considered a product; k) complex product-a product composed of multiple elements that can be replaced by a manner that allows the disassembly and reassembly of the product; l) applicant-natural or legal person who requests to O.S.I.M. the registration, respectively the issuance of a certificate of registration of a drawing or industrial model; m) holder-natural or legal person to whom the rights conferred by the registration of the industrial design and for which the registration certificate is issued shall belong. " 3. Article 2 shall be repealed. 4. Article 3 shall read as follows: "" Art. 3. -The right to issue the registration certificate belongs to the author of the industrial design or to his successor in rights, for the drawings and industrial models created independently. It is considered an industrial drawing or model independently created the industrial design that was not carried out as a result of contracts with creative mission or by employees, within the framework of their duties. " 5. Article 4 shall read as follows: "" Art. 4. -If several persons have created the same drawing or industrial model, independently of each other, the right to issue the registration certificate belongs to the same who first filed the application for registration with O.S.I.M. or, if a priority of been recognized, the one whose request has the oldest date of priority. " 6. Article 4 shall be inserted after Article 4 with the following contents: "" Art. 4 4 ^ 1. -Until proven otherwise, the applicant shall be presumed to have the right to issue the certificate of registration of the industrial design. " 7. Article 5 shall be repealed. 8. Article 5 shall be inserted after Article 5, with the following contents: "" Art. 5 5 ^ 1. -If the industrial drawing or model is the result of a contract with creative mission, the right to the registration certificate belongs to the person who ordered the realization of the industrial design, except for some provisions contractual contrare. If the industrial design is carried out by an employee within the framework of his/her duties, explicitly entrusted, the right to issue the registration certificate belongs to the employing unit, except for contractual provisions to the contrary. ' 9. Article 6 shall read as follows: "" Art. 6. -The natural persons or legal persons having their domicile or headquarters, as the case may be, outside the territory of Romania benefit from the provisions of this law, under the conditions of international conventions and treaties on industrial drawings to which Romania is a party. " 10. Article 7 shall read as follows: "" Art. 7. -The recognition of the rights provided for in this Law does not prejudice and excludes the protection afforded by other legal provisions concerning intellectual property, in particular with regard to copyright and those relating to trademarks, patents invention, utility models, typographical characters, integrated circuits topographies and unfair competition. " 11. Article 8 shall read as follows: "" Art. 8. -The object of the application may be recorded in so far as it constitutes an industrial design, within the meaning of art. 1 ^ 1, is new and has an individual character. An industrial drawing or model shall be considered as new if no identical industrial design has been made public before the date of filing of the application for registration or, if the priority has been claimed, before the date of priority. It is considered that the drawings or industrial models are identical if their characteristic features differ only in terms of insignificant details. It is considered that an industrial drawing or model is of an individual character if the global impression it produces on the informed user is different from that produced on such a user of any industrial drawing or model made public before the date of filing of the application for registration or, if the priority has been claimed, before the date of priority. If an industrial design applied to a product or incorporated into a product constitutes a component part of a complex product, it shall be considered as new and of an individual nature only if the following conditions are met cumulatively: a) the component part, once incorporated into the complex product, remains visible during its normal use; normal use means the use by the beneficiary, not including maintenance or repairs; b) the visible characteristics of the component part meet the conditions of novelty and individual character themselves. " 12. Article 8 (1) shall be inserted after Article 8: "" Art. 8 8 ^ 1. -In accordance with art. 8, it is considered that an industrial drawing or model was made public whether it was published or was exposed, used in trade or otherwise disclosed, unless these actions could not become known in the normal course of business. from that field, before the date of filing of the application for registration or, if the priority has been claimed, before the date of priority. It is not considered that the industrial design was made public if it was disclosed to a third person under explicit or implied confidentiality conditions. It is not considered that a disclosure has occurred whether a drawing or industrial model for which protection was sought was made public by the author, his successor in rights or a third party, as a result of the information provided by the author or the action. undertaken by him or her successor in rights during the 12-month period preceding the date of application or the date of priority. It is considered abuse to inform the public by any means of the industrial design, as well as its valorization without the consent of the author. Disclosure shall not be taken into account, as a result of an abuse of the author or his successor in rights, produced in the period of 12 months preceding the date of application or the date of priority. ' 13. Article 9 shall be repealed. 14. Article 10 shall read as follows: "" Art. 10. -The drawing or industrial model which is determined exclusively by a technical function cannot be recorded. A drawing or industrial model which must be reproduced in the form and the exact dimensions cannot be recorded in order to allow the product in which it is incorporated or to which it is applied to be mechanically bound or placed around another product, so that each of the products can perform their function. " 15. Article 12 shall read as follows: "" Art. 12. -The application for registration of an industrial drawing or model shall include: a) the application for registration of the industrial design; b) the identification data of the applicant; c) the number of industrial designs for which protection is sought; d) indication of the products in which the industrial design is incorporated, if applicable; e) description of new elements, characteristic of the industrial design for which the protection is requested, as they appear in the submitted graphic representations; f) the names of the authors or a declaration on the applicant's responsibility that the authors have waived the right to be mentioned in the application and/or in the publications of the industrial design; g) graphic representations of the industrial design, in 3 copies. The application for registration may also contain, as the case may be, other elements which do not condition the date of the regulatory deposit: a) the identification data of the authorized trustee, if it has been designated in the application for registration; b) the acts of priority, if one of the priorities provided for in art. 17 17 and 18; c) request to postpone the publication; d) proxy of representation in front of O.S.I.M.; e) the declaration indicating the information which, after the applicant's knowledge, allows the fulfilment of the conditions for the protection of the design of the industrial design for which the registration is requested. " 16. After Article 12, Articles 12 ^ 1 and 12 ^ 2 are inserted with the following contents: "" Art. 12 12 ^ 1. -The graphic representations must completely render the industrial design that is the subject of the application for registration, so that its aesthetic characteristics are highlighted. Otherwise, the application for registration shall be rejected. The graphic representations must be of sufficient quality, so that all details of the industrial design are highlighted and the publication is possible. In the case of an industrial drawing the graphic representations can be accompanied by 3 specimens. Article 12 ^ 2. -Application for registration and description, presented according to art. 12 and written in Romanian, accompanied by the graphic representations of the industrial design or, as the case may be, of specimens, shall be submitted to O.S.I.M. and constitute the national regulatory deposit. O.S.I.M. records the application if at least the following are submitted: an application containing the request for registration of the industrial design, the applicant identification data and the graphic representations or specimens, in a copy. If within two months from the date of submission of the application for registration according to par. 2 no necessary additions are submitted for the establishment of the national regulatory deposit according to par. 1 1, the application for registration is rejected. The date of the national regulatory deposit is the date on which the documents provided in par. 2 or the date resulting from the treaties or conventions regarding the industrial drawings or models to which Romania is a party. The National Register of applications submitted shall register the national regulatory deposits, established according to par. 1 1 and 2, as well as international deposits constituted under the Hague Agreement. " 17. Article 13 shall be repealed. 18. Article 14 shall read as follows: "" Art. 14. -In proceedings before the O.S.I.M. the applicant for the registration certificate or his successor in rights may benefit from the assistance of an authorized industrial property adviser. For persons who do not have their domicile or headquarters on the territory of Romania, 1 1 is compulsory, except for the lodging of the application. 19. in Article 15, after paragraph 1, paragraph 2 is inserted as follows: "Drawings and industrial models which are the subject of a multiple deposit must satisfy a rule of design unit, production unit or unit of use or must belong to the same assembly or composition of articles." 20. in Article 17, after paragraph 1, paragraph 2 is inserted as follows: "A priority right of 6 months is recognised, based on a utility model deposit." 21. Article 19 (1) shall be inserted after Article 19: "" Art. 19 19 ^ 1. -The applications for registration submitted to O.S.I.M. will be subject to a preliminary examination showing: a) the fulfilment of the conditions of form of the application, provided in 12 12 para. 1 1; b) the fulfilment of the prescribed conditions for graphic representations, provided in art. 12 12 ^ 1; c) the fulfilment of the conditions prescribed for the other documents or acts annexed on request, provided in art. 12 12 para. 2 2; d) payment of taxes within the period and amount provided by law. If the irregularities are not remedied within the time allowed by O.S.I.M., the application will be rejected or, as the case may be, the priority will not be recognized. If irregularities are found, they shall be notified to the applicant, giving him a necessary time limit for remedies. Applications that do not meet the multiple deposit conditions will be divided by the applicant, at the request of O.S.I.M. The applicant has the obligation to divide the application within the deadline granted by O.S.I.M., constituting a national regulatory deposit for each group of industrial drawings or models that meet the conditions provided in art. 15. If the applicant does not divide the application within the time allowed, O.S.I.M. shall automatically divide the application into several divided requests and shall take into consideration only the first application, rejecting the others. Split applications may only be submitted for items not exceeding the content of the original application. The split applications shall be deemed to have been lodged at the date of filing of the original application. 22. Article 20 shall read as follows: "" Art. 20. -The bibliographic data of the application for the registration of the industrial design, as well as the reproduction, photography or any graphic representation of it shall be published in the Official Industrial Property Bulletin of O.S.I.M., within maximum 6 months from the date of establishment of the regulatory deposit, in black and white or, on request, in colors. Publication provided in par. 1 may be deferred, at the request of the applicant, for a period not exceeding 30 months, calculated from the date of application or from the date of priority, when it was invoked. The publication of international applications by the World Intellectual Property Organization is considered a publication according to par. 1 1. " 23. Article 21 shall read as follows: "" Art. 21. -Interested persons may make written oppositions at O.S.I.M. regarding the registration of the industrial design, within 3 months from the date of its publication, for the following reasons: a) the industrial design has no novelty; b) the industrial design is contrary to public order or good morals; c) the applicant is not the person who first submitted the application; d) in case of non-compliance 22 lit. d). The oppositions shall be resolved by a specialized commission within 3 months of their submission to O.S.I.M. " 24. Article 22 shall read as follows: "" Art. 22. -Applications for the registration of industrial designs shall be examined by the Commission for examination of drawings and industrial models. The Commission shall decide, where appropriate, to register or reject the design of the industrial design, within 12 months from the date of publication of the application, or it may take note of the waiver of the application or its withdrawal. The Commission will take the decision to grant the registration certificate on the basis of an examination report and in accordance with the provisions of art. 1 1 ^ 1, 8 and 8 ^ 1. The registration of industrial drawings or models is made in the National Register of industrial drawings and models and is published in the Official Industrial Property Bulletin of O.S.I.M. The application for registration will be rejected if: a) the provisions of art. 1 1 ^ 1, 8 and 8 ^ 1; b) the object of the application falls within the provisions of 10 10 and 11; c) the legal fees are not paid within the terms and amounts provided by law; d) incorporate, without the consent of the holder, a protected Law no. 8/1996 on copyright and related rights, as amended, or any other right of protected industrial property; e) constitute an improper use of any of the objects mentioned in the list contained in art. 6 ter of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property to which Romania acceded by Decree no. 1.177/1968 or an misuse of emblems and coats of arms, other than those referred to in art. 6 ter of the convention. The examination of the application will take into account the existing documentary fund at the Industrial Drawings and Models Service of the O.S.I.M., as well as any other documents relevant to the examination process filed by the interested persons. In the examination process O.S.I.M. can request any necessary additions, and in the case of industrial drawings, even specimens. The provisions of this law also apply to international applications submitted under the Hague Agreement, which extend their effects in Romania, unless otherwise stated. " 25. Article 23 shall read as follows: "" Art. 23. -For failure to meet the conditions provided in art. 8 O.S.I.M. may proceed to the ex officio revocation of its decisions, until their communication. " 26. Article 24 shall read as follows: "" Art. 24. -The decisions on applications for registration of the industrial design can be challenged administratively, in writing and motivated, at O.S.I.M., within 3 months of communication. The appeal will be examined, within 3 months from its registration, by the Review Commission of the call department of the O.S.I.M. " 27. Article 25 shall read as follows: "" Art. 25. -The reasoned decision of the Review Commission shall be communicated to the parties within 15 days of the ruling and may be appealed to the Bucharest Court, the Administrative Litigation Section, within 3 months of the communication. The judgment of the Bucharest Court can be appealed to the Bucharest Court of Appeal, the Administrative Litigation Section, within 15 days of communication. The trial at the Bucharest Court and the Bucharest Court of Appeal is with the participation of the prosecutor. The decisions of the Review Commission remaining final and irrevocable shall be published in the Official Industrial Property Bulletin of the O.S.I.M., within 60 days of the delivery of the judgment. The judicial decisions shall be published in the Official Industrial Property Bulletin, within 60 days from the date of their communication to O.S.I.M. Before the Review Commission the parties may be present in person or may be represented by counsel, by legal counsel or by an adviser in industrial property. " 28. Article 26 shall read as follows: "" Art. 26. --All decisions taken within the O.S.I.M. will be motivated. " 29. Article 27 shall read as follows: "" Art. 27. -The issuance of certificates of registration of industrial drawings or models by O.S.I.M. shall be made pursuant to the decisions of admission remaining final, within 30 days from the date on which the admission decision remained final. " 30. After Article 28, Articles 28 ^ 1 and 28 ^ 2 are inserted with the following contents: "" Art. 28 28 ^ 1. -The procedures regarding applications for registration of industrial drawings and models and certificates of registration shall be subject to taxes, in the amount and at the time limits established according to the law Fees are payable in the O.S.I.M. account. Taxes due by natural persons and legal pesons with domicile or, as the case may be, based abroad shall be paid in foreign currency in the account O.S.I.M. Failure to pay the fees at the legal deadlines entails failure to perform the Article 28 ^ 2. -The applicant or holder of the registration certificate who, for reasons of force majeure, has not been able to comply with a term on proceedings before O.S.I.M. is reinstated, if he presents a reasoned request, within 60 days of the termination of the case which prevented him from acting, but not later than one year after the expiry of the non-compliance. Provisions of paragraph 1 1 shall not apply in the following situations: a) invoking priority according to art. 17-19 17-19; b) payment of registration and publication fees; c) registration of an opposition according to art. 21 21; d) formulation of appeals according to art. 24. The request for reinstatement will be accompanied by proof of payment of the legal fee. " 31. Article 29 shall read as follows: "" Art. 29. -During the entire period of validity the registration certificate gives the holder an exclusive right of exploitation of the industrial design and the right to prohibit third parties from carrying out, without his consent, the following acts: reproduction, manufacture, marketing or offering for sale, use, import or storage for sale, offering for sale or use of a product in which the industrial drawing or model is incorporated or to which it is apply. " 32. After Article 29, Articles 29 ^ 1-29 ^ 3 are inserted with the following contents: "" Art. 29 29 ^ 1. -The extent of the protection is determined by the graphic representations of the registered designs. The protection granted to a drawing or industrial model based on this law extends to any industrial drawing or model that does not produce a different global visual impression on an informed user. When establishing the sphere of protection, the degree of freedom of the author is taken into account in the realization of the industrial design. Art. 29 ^ 2. -Rights conferred on art. 29 29 is not exercised in respect of: a) acts performed exclusively for personal and non-commercial, experimental, research or educational purposes, provided that these acts do not prejudice the normal exploitation of industrial drawings or models and mention the source; b) equipment on maritime or air transport vehicles registered in another country, when they enter temporarily on the territory of Romania, or the import of spare parts and accessories for the purpose of repairing these vehicles or of the execution of repairs on these vehicles; c) the use or taking of effective and serious measures for the use of industrial drawings or models by third parties, within the time between the revocation of the holder's rights and the revalidation of the certificate; d) the use of the industrial design in good faith, in the period between the term referred to in art. 28 ^ 1 and the date of publication of the restored right Art. 29 ^ 3. -The rights arising from a certificate of registration of the industrial design will not be able to exercise in the case of placing on the market, on the territory of Romania, the products in which drawings or industrial models are incorporated protected, previously sold by the holder of the registration certificate or with its consent. " 33. Paragraph 1 of Article 30 shall read as follows: " As of the date of publication of the application the natural person or the legal person entitled to the issuance of the registration certificate shall provisionally benefit from the same rights conferred in accordance with 29, pending the issuance of the registration certificate, except in cases where the application for registration has been rejected or withdrawn. " 34. paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of Article 31 shall read as follows: " The period of validity of a certificate of registration of the industrial design is 10 years from the date of establishment of the regulatory deposit and can be renewed for 3 successive periods of 5 years. .......................................................... O.S.I.M. grants a term of grace of no more than 6 months for the payment of the maintenance fees in force, for which increases are charged. .......................................................... The revocation of the rightholder shall be published in the Official Industrial Property Bulletin of O.S.I.M. " 35. in Article 31, after paragraph 5, paragraph 6 is inserted as follows: "In the case of the revocation of the rights of the holder, he may request to O.S.I.M. the revalidation of the registration certificate, within 6 months from the date of decay, for thorough reasons." 36. Article 31 shall be inserted after Article 31 with the following contents: "" Art. 31 31 ^ 1. -The exclusive right of exploitation arising from the recording of the industrial design ceases in the following situations: a) on expiry of the period of validity b) by cancelling the registration certificate; c) by the forfeiture of the rightholder; d) by giving up the holder of the registration certificate. " 37. paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 33 shall read as follows: " Transmission can be made by way of succession, by assignment or license. The transmission shall be registered with O.S.I.M. and shall take effect against third parties only from the date of publication in the Official Journal of Industrial Property of the Transmission Mention. " 38. Article 35 shall read as follows: "" Art. 35. -The registration abroad of industrial drawings and models, created on the territory of Romania, shall be made by the natural person or legal person entitled to the issuance of the certificate, only after the application to O.S.I.M. International applications, made in accordance with the Hague Arrangement, shall be submitted to the World Intellectual Property Organization, directly or through the O.S.I.M. " 39. Article 37 shall read as follows: "" Art. 37. -The certificate of registration of the industrial design, issued by O.S.I.M., may be cancelled, in whole or in part, at the request of an interested person, if it is found that, at the date of registration of the application, they were not satisfied conditions for granting protection. The cancellation can be requested for the entire duration of validity of the registration certificate and is judged by the Bucharest Court. The cancellation decision shall be registered with O.S.I.M. and shall be published no later than two months after the date of its registration. " 40. Article 38 shall read as follows: "" Art. 38. -Disputes regarding the quality of the author of the industrial design, the status of holder of the registration certificate, those with regard to the patrimonial rights born from the assignment or license contracts are of competence courts, according to the common law. " 41. Article 39 shall read as follows: "" Art. 39. -O.S.I.M. is the specialized governmental body, with unique authority on the territory of Romania, which ensures the protection of industrial drawings and models. " 42. The introductory part and letter f) of Article 40 shall read as follows: " O.S.I.M. has the following duties in the field of protection of industrial drawings and models: .............................................................. f) periodically publishes and publishes in the Official Industrial Property Bulletin of O.S.I.M. data on industrial drawings and models. " 43. Article 41 shall read as follows: "" Art. 41. -Acquiring without right, in any way, the quality of author of the industrial design constitutes a crime and is punishable by imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years or with a fine from 15 million lei to 30 million lei. " 44. Article 41 (1) shall be inserted after Article 41: "" Art. 41 41 ^ 1. -If, by a court decision, it is established that a person other than that appearing in the application for registration or in the registration certificate is entitled to the issuance of the registration certificate, O.S.I.M. issue the registration certificate to the person entitled and publish the change of the holder. " 45. Article 42 shall read as follows: "" Art. 42. -Reproduction, without right, of the industrial design for the purpose of manufacture of identical-looking products, manufacture, offering for sale, sale, import, use or storage of such products for circulation or use, without the consent of the holder of the certificate of registration of the industrial design, during its period of validity, constitutes the crime of counterfeiting of the industrial design and is punishable by imprisonment of at 6 months to 2 years or with a fine from 15 million lei to 30 million lei. The criminal action is set in motion on the prior complaint of the injured person or ex officio. For damages caused the holder is entitled to compensation, according to the common law, and may ask the competent court to order the seizure or, as the case may be, the destruction of counterfeit products; these provisions shall be apply also to materials and equipment that have served directly to the commission of the crime of counterfeiting. " 46. After Article 42, Articles 42 ^ 1-42 ^ 3 are inserted with the following contents: "" Art. 42 42 ^ 1. -The holder of a registered industrial drawing or model may request the court: a) the disposition of precautionary measures, when there is a risk of violation of rights to a registered design and if this breach risks causing irreparable damage or if there is a risk of damage to the elements the sample; b) the disposition, immediately after customs clearance, of measures to terminate the acts of violation of the rights of a drawing or industrial model that were committed by a third party on the occasion of the introduction into the commercial circuit of imported goods involving a touch of these rights. The provisions of common law shall apply to the ordering of precautionary measures When taking the precautionary measures, ordered by the court, it will be possible to ask the applicant to establish a sufficient guarantee to prevent abuse. The court will be able to claim the complainant to provide any evidence of which it has, in order to prove that it is the holder of the violated right or whose infringement is inevitable. If the means of proof in support of the claimant's claims are under the control of the defendant, the court will be able to order the evidence to be produced by the defendant, provided that the confidentiality of the information is guaranteed, according to the law. The court will be able to order that the author of the violation of rights arising from a registration certificate provide immediate information on the provenance and circuits of distribution of counterfeit goods, as well as information about the identity of the manufacturer or the trader, provided that such a measure is not excessive in relation to the seriousness of the achievement of the right of the holder. Art. 42 ^ 2. -The customs authorities may order, either ex officio or at the request of the holder of the registered design, the suspension of customs duty on the import of goods in the cases provided for in 42 ^ 1 until the judgment is delivered. Art. 42 ^ 3. -The certificates of registration of the industrial drawings and models in force represent intangible assets and may be registered in the patrimony of the holder, legal person. " 47. Article 43 shall be repealed. 48. Article 43 (1) shall be inserted after Article 43: "" Art. 43 43 ^ 1. -At the request of the court, O.S.I.M. is obliged to submit the documents, documents and information necessary to judge the case with which it was invested. " + Article 2 (1) The provisions of this Law shall enter into force 3 months from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I. (2) Until the date of entry into force of this law the Government will approve the law enforcement regulation. (3) On the date of entry into force of this Law, any contrary provision shall be repealed. + Article 3 Law no. 129/1992 on the protection of industrial drawings and models, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 1 of January 8, 1993, as amended, as well as with the amendments and completions brought by this law, will be republished in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, giving the texts a new numbering. This law was adopted by the Senate at the meeting of October 7, 2002, in compliance with the provisions of art 74 74 para. (1) of the Romanian Constitution. p. SENATE PRESIDENT, GHEORGHE BUZATU This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies at its meeting on October 8, 2002, in compliance with the provisions of 74 74 para. (1) of the Romanian Constitution. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT VALER DORNEANU Bucharest, October 29, 2002. No. 585. ----------