French Intellectual Property Code
In forceThe benefit of article R. 421-7 is subject to passing an aptitude test in the French language before the jury provided for in article R. 421-6 the syllabus and procedures for which are laid down by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for industrial property:
1° Either when the candidate's training covers subjects substantially different from those included in the syllabuses for the diplomas and professional examination mentioned in l'article R. 421-1 and that the knowledge, skills and competences acquired by the applicant through professional experience or lifelong learning, and which have been duly validated by a competent body, are not sufficient to compensate for these differences ;
2° Or where one or more of the professional activities the pursuit of which is subject to possession of that diploma and that examination are not regulated in the Member State of origin or the Member State from which the foreign national comes, or are regulated in a different way, and that difference is characterised by specific training required in the host Member State relating to subjects substantially different from those covered by the diploma to which the applicant refers.
The Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall send the applicant a notification specifying the level of professional qualification required in France and establishing, taking into account the applicant's level of professional qualification, the substantial differences justifying recourse to an aptitude test.
The qualifying examination shall be organised within six months of this notification.
The list of applicants admitted to take this examination shall be drawn up by the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property.
