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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-17

In the event of a merger or demerger, the preference shares may be exchanged for shares of the companies benefiting from the transfer of assets and liabilities with equivalent special rights, or accor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-17

The Articles of Association may provide that a member company whose control is modified within the meaning of Article L. 233-3 must inform the société par actions simplifiée of the change. The latter…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-17

Inventions shall not be patentable if their commercial exploitation would be contrary to human dignity, public policy or accepted principles of morality, and this shall not be inferred from the mere f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-17

From the day of publication of the order subjecting the patent to the ex officio licence system, any qualified person may apply to the Minister responsible for industrial property for the grant of a l…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-17

After completion of the procedure provided for in Article L. 612-14, the patent shall be granted. All titles granted shall include the description, where applicable the drawings, the claims and, in th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article L615-17

Civil actions and claims relating to patents for invention, including in the cases provided for in Article L. 611-7 or when they also concern a related question of unfair competition, shall be brought…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-17

A variety essential to human or animal life may be made subject to the ex officio licence system by decree in the Conseil d'Etat or, where it is of interest to public health, by joint order of the Min…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article L614-17

This section relates to the application of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, done at Washington on 19 June 1970, hereinafter referred to as the "Washington Treaty".

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to legal entities and establishments open to the public implementing the exception

Article R122-17

…how they comply with the obligations set out in points a to c of I of Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2017 on certain authorised use…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-17

A decree in the Council of State sets out:

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