Article 57
(1) Making available to the public means releasing on the market, use, description, publication, promotion or so on by means of exhibition and sale. Disclosure to a third person under conditions of confidentiality shall not be deemed as making available to the public.
(2) A disclosure shall not affect the novelty or individual character, if a design for which protection is claimed has been made available to the public during the 12-month period preceding the date of filing of the application or, if priority is claimed, the date of priority by the designer his successor in title or a third person in consent with the designer or his successor or in abuse of the relation with the designer or his successor.