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1. [Initial Term of the International Registration] The international registration shall be effected for an initial term of five years counted from the date of the international registration.
2. [Renewal of the International Registration] The international registration may be renewed for additional terms of five years, in accordance with the prescribed procedure and subject to the payment of the prescribed fees.
3. [Duration of Protection in Designated Contracting Parties]
(a) Provided that the international registration is renewed, and subject to subparagraph (b), the duration of protection shall, in each of the designated Contracting Parties, be 15 years counted from the date of the international registration.
(b) Where the law of a designated Contracting Party provides for a duration of protection of more than 15 years for an industrial design for which protection has been granted under that law, the duration of protection shall, provided that the international registration is renewed, be the same as that provided for by the law of that Contracting Party.
(c) Each Contracting Party shall, in a declaration, notify the Director General of the maximum duration of protection provided for by its law.
4. [Possibility of Limited Renewal] The renewal of the international registration may be effected for any or all of the designated Contracting Parties and for any or all of the industrial designs that are the subject of the international registration.
5. [Recording and Publication of Renewal] The International Bureau shall record renewals in the International Register and publish a notice to that effect It shall send a copy of the publication of the notice to the Office of each of the Contracting Parties concerned.