Article 1Definitions

For the purpose of this Directive:

  1. (a)

    ‘design’ means the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the features of, in particular, the lines, contours, colours, shape, texture and/or materials of the product itself and/or its ornamentation;

  2. (b)

    ‘product’ means any industrial or handicraft item, including inter alia parts intended to be assembled into a complex product, packaging, get-up, graphic symbols and typographic typefaces, but excluding computer programs;

  3. (c)

    ‘complex product’ means a product which is composed of multiple components which can be replaced permitting disassembly and reassembly of the product.