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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-20

The Minister responsible for industrial property takes his decision in the light of the final opinion issued by the commission, after examining the observations of the interested parties.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-20

The abstract shall be drawn up exclusively for the purposes of technical information. It may not be taken into consideration for any other purpose, in particular to assess the scope of the protection…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Application of international agreements and European Union law

Article R614-20

The provisions of articles R. 411-19 to R. 411-26 and R. 618-1 to R. 618-3 are applicable to the decisions, notification and time limits provided for in articles R. 614-1 to R. 614-19.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-20

The observations submitted shall be notified to the applicant by the person in charge of the missions under the authority of the national plant variety authority, who shall set the time limit within w…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-20

As soon as the assessors have been appointed, the secretariat shall notify the parties of the composition of the commission and convene them to a preliminary meeting. Each party may request a change i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-20

Until the start of technical preparations for registration, the applicant may be authorized, by written request addressed to the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property, to rectify m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article R716-20

Chapter Va of Title III of Book III shall apply to the detention by the customs administration of goods likely to infringe a trademark, as provided for in Chapter VIa of Title I of Book VII.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-20

The applicant association represents the consumer members of the group who have not been compensated by the trader within the time-limits set, for the purposes of compulsory enforcement of the judgmen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-20

If the judge finds at the hearing to open the personal recovery proceedings with judicial liquidation that the debtor is clearly in the situation defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 742-21,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-20

An order of the Minister responsible for consumer affairs shall, where necessary, lay down the procedures by which the alerts referred to in articles D. 224-18 and D. 224-19 may be voluntarily made av…

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