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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-26

Consumer associations holding the approval provided for in Article L. 811-1 of the Consumer Code are not required to provide proof of the approval provided for in Article R. 331-25 in order to refer a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-26

The Registrar shall without delay send to all the parties to whom the decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property has been notified, by simple letter, a copy of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-26

After the close of each financial year, the manager or managers shall draw up, under the conditions set out in Article 1856 of the Civil Code, an overall written report including the company's annual…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-26

Delegates of the Minister of Defence, specially empowered for this purpose and whose names and capacities have been brought to the attention of the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Pro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-26

The formal notice provided for in Article L. 613-18 (paragraph 1) shall be the subject of a reasoned decision by the Minister responsible for industrial property, taken after consultation with the Min…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article R614-26

The filing of an international application gives rise to payment of the transmittal fee provided for in Rule 14 of the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. This fee must be paid before the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-26

In the event of a request from the party who has not referred the matter to the commission or of the consolidation of several requests relating to the same invention, the six-month period within which…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article R623-26

The plant variety certificate is issued by the person in charge of missions under the national plant variety authority. It is issued in the name of the holder of the plant variety certificate applicat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-26

The conditions for submitting the application and the contents of the file shall be specified by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property, in particular as reg…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Deposit and seizure

Article L512-26

Pending the results of the necessary checks, authorised agents may consign:1° Products likely to be adulterated, corrupted or toxic;2° Products likely to be unfit for consumption, with the exception o…

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