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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L611-15

An invention is considered industrially applicable if its subject matter can be made or used in any kind of industry, including agriculture.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L611-14

An invention is considered to involve an inventive step if, for a person skilled in the art, it does not follow in an obvious manner from the state of the art. If the state of the art includes documen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L611-12

If a first filing has been made in a State which is not a member of the Paris Union or the World Trade Organization, a right of priority attached to that filing having effects equivalent to those prov…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L611-19

I. - The following are not patentable:

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L611-16

Methods for the surgical or therapeutic treatment of the human or animal body and diagnostic methods applied to the human or animal body shall not be patentable. This provision shall not apply to prod…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L611-18

The human body, at the various stages of its constitution and development, as well as the simple discovery of one of its elements, including the total or partial sequence of a gene, cannot constitute…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article L313-16

Credit is granted to the borrower only if the creditor has been able to verify that the obligations arising from the credit agreement are likely to be fulfilled in accordance with what is provided for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-19

The independent guarantee defined in article 2321 of the French Civil Code may not be taken out in connection with credit covered by Chapters II and III of this Title..

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article L313-19

The terms and conditions for applying the assessment of the borrower's creditworthiness are specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article L313-17

The creditor may neither terminate nor subsequently amend the credit agreement entered into with the borrower on the grounds that the information provided was incomplete or that the creditor incorrect…

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