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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-18

Membership shares may not be pledged. Their nominal amount may not be less than 152.45 euros. Interest shares allocated to contributors in industry are non-transferable. They are cancelled when their…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-18

The incidental income that the National Institute of Industrial Property may receive from the exploitation of its documentary holdings and the sale of its publications shall be instituted by decision…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: The national plant variety authority

Article R412-18

Where the appeal is lodged by a person other than the owner of the application for a plant variety certificate, the latter shall be summoned by the chief registrar of the court of appeal by registered…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-18

In the event of non-compliance of an application for registration, reasoned notification shall be given to the applicant. The applicant shall be given a period in which to regularise the application o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-18

An action to claim ownership of a patent application or patent shall be entered in the National Patent Register at the request of the person who brought the action. If the court decision is in favour…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-18

The application for an operating licence provided for in Article L. 613-17 is sent to the Minister responsible for industrial property. It shall indicate: 1° The surname, first names, profession, addr…

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

Article R623-18

Challenges relating to the validity of the breeder's right over the variety for which a plant variety certificate is applied for are brought directly before the judicial courts and, in the overseas te…

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

Article R614-18

The publication of each of the translations and revised translations referred to in Articles R. 614-11 and R. 614-12 shall give rise to the payment of a fee payable when the translation is submitted.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-18

…ng infringements and breaches of the provisions falling within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L521-18

…prescribed pursuant to this article, it shall be deemed not to meet the requirements of article L. 421-3 and the Minister may have the inspection carried out automatically, in place of and at the exp…

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