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Dibujos y modelos industriales

3. In your country, it is stipulated in Section 7 of the Design Protection Act that importations of spare parts and accessories to be used for the repair of aircraft may be excluded from the right to a design. Please explain its consistency with paragraph 2 of Article 26 of the TRIPS Agreement.

Article 7 of the Registered Designs Act states, that it may be provided by a decree that spare parts and accessories for aircraft, regardless of the protection of designs, may be imported to Finland for the repair of aircraft belonging to a foreign country in which corresponding benefits are accorded to Finnish aircraft. Such decree has not been passed and the Article has become a dead letter.