Article L 512-2, paragraph 2, of the Intellectual Property Code provides that "In the case of designs relating to industries that frequently renew the form and presentation of their goods, filing may be effected in a simplified form (...)".
Articles R 512-3 and R 512-4 of the Intellectual Property Code, reproduced below, lay down the conditions for simplified filing.
"Article R 512-3. Filing comprises:
"1. A declaration of filing established under the conditions laid down in the Order mentioned in Article R 514-5, giving in particular:
(a) the identity of the applicant;
(b)the number of designs concerned and, for each of them, an indication of its subject matter and the number and title of the graphic or photographic reproductions involved;
(c)where appropriate, an indication that the publication of the filing should be postponed, that the right of priority attached to an earlier foreign filing is claimed, or that a certificate of guarantee has been issued pursuant to the law of 13 April 1908.
"2. A graphic or photographic reproduction of the designs, submitted in accordance with the above mentioned Order; this reproduction may be accompanied by a brief description.
The description is made exclusively for documentary purposes. Its final content shall, if necessary, be definitively drafted by the National Industrial Property Institute.
"3. Proof of payment of the prescribed fees.
"4. Power of attorney of any authorized agent, if one is appointed, unless he is an industrial property legal consultant.
A single application cannot concern more than 100 reproductions of designs.
"Article R 512-4. The simplified filing provided for in Article L 512-2, paragraph 5, comprises the documents and information set out in Article R 512-3. However, until the renunciation of postponement provided for in Article R 512-11, the graphic or photographic reproductions of designs are not subject to the presentation requirements laid down in the second paragraph of Article R 512-3 and filing shall be accompanied by proof of payment of a fee regardless of the number of reproductions."
