French Intellectual Property Code
In forceWhen the supervisory board decides to initiate sanction proceedings, the statement of objections is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, delivered by hand against a receipt or by bailiff, to the respondent organisation, together with the investigation report.
These documents are also sent to the chairman of the Enforcement Board.
The respondent organisation has two months to send the chairman of the Enforcement Board its written observations on the objections it has been notified of. It must send a copy to the chairman of the Enforcement Board. If it fails to do so, the copy is sent to it by the chairman of the Enforcement Board.
The notification of objections mentions the time limit provided for in the previous paragraph and states that the accused body may obtain a copy of the other documents in the file from the Enforcement Board and be assisted or represented by any counsel of its choice.
The chairman of the Enforcement Board may respond in writing, within a period not exceeding one month, to the written observations sent by the body. He will send a copy of this reply, in the manner provided for in the first paragraph of this article, to the organisation, which may, within a period of one month, send further observations to the chairman of the Enforcement Board.
A copy of these observations will be sent to the chairman of the Enforcement Board in the manner provided for in the third paragraph of this article. The chairman of the Enforcement Board may, if he deems it useful, authorise the body to respond to them under the conditions set out in the previous paragraph. The body may then submit new observations within one month. A copy will be sent to the chairman of the Enforcement Board for information.
The time limits provided for in this article may be reduced by the chairman of the Enforcement Board, where this is justified by the urgency or nature of the case.
