L 341/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 17.12.2002 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2245/2002 of 21 October 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs (), and in particular Article 107(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 creates a system enabling a design having effect throughout the Community to be obtained on the basis of an application to the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs) (hereinafter ‘the Office’). () administration of registered Community designs, for appeals against decisions of the Office and for proceed- ings for the invalidation of a Community design. The present Regulation lays down the necessary measures for implementing the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002. This Regulation should ensure the smooth and efficient operation of design proceedings before the Office. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab- lished under Article 109 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, (2)  For this purpose, Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 contains the necessary provisions for a procedure leading to the registration of a Community design, as well as for the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: CHAPTER I APPLICATION PROCEDURE Article 1 publication in accordance with Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, a specimen in accordance with Article 5 of this Regulation; Content of the application o . . . (d) an indication, in accordance with Article 3(3), of the 1. The application for a registered Community design shall products in which the design is intended to be incorporated contain: (@) a request for registration of the design as a registered = - Community design; the name, address and nationality of the applicant and the State in which the applicant is domiciled or in which it has its seat or establishment. Names of natural persons shall take the form of the family name and the given name(s). Names of legal entities shall be indicated by their official designation, which may be abbreviated in a customary manner; furthermore, the State whose law governs such entities shall be indicated. The telephone numbers as well as fax numbers and details of other data-communications links, such as electronic mail, may be given. Only one address shall, in principle, be indicated for each applicant; where several addresses are indicated, only the address mentioned first shall be taken into account, except where the applicant designates one of the addresses as an address for service. If the Office has given the applicant an identification number, it shall be sufficient to mention that number together with the name of the applicant; a representation of the design in accordance with Article 4 of this Regulation or, if the application concerns a two- dimensional design and contains a request for deferment of () OJ L 3,5.1.2002, p. 1. or to which it is intended to be applied; if the applicant has appointed a representative, the name of that representative and the address of his/her place of busi- ness in accordance with point (b); if the representative has more than one business address or if there are two or more representatives with different business addresses, the appli- cation shall indicate which address shall be used as an address for service; where no such indication is made, only the first-mentioned address shall be taken into account as an address for service. If there is more than one applicant, the application may indicate the appointment of one appli- cant or representative as common representative. If an appointed representative has been given an identification number by the Office, it shall be sufficient to mention that number together with the name of the representative; if applicable, a declaration that priority of a previous appli- cation is claimed pursuant to Article 42 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, stating the date on which the previous applica- tion was filed and the country in which or for which it was filed; if applicable, a declaration that exhibition priority is claimed pursuant to Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 6/ 2002, stating the name of the exhibition and the date of the first disclosure of the products in which the design is incorporated or to which it is applied;