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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and appointment

Article R1123-10

The members elect the Chairman of the Committee from among their number by an absolute majority of those present. If this majority is not achieved after two ballots, the Chairman is elected by relativ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-17

Each committee has its headquarters in a public establishment with whose legal representative the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the Data Protection Committee enter into an agreeme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments authorised to retrieve tissues for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1242-1

For the application of the provisions of this chapter, samples taken in the context of biomedical research as defined in Article L. 1121-1 shall be regarded as samples taken for therapeutic purposes.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-10

The prosecution phase or the time limit laid down in the first paragraph of Article R. 613-44-8 shall be suspended: 1° At the written request of any person establishing that an action to claim ownersh…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-13

In the cases provided for in Article L. 613-16, the matter is referred to the commission by reasoned decision of the Minister responsible for industrial property, taken at the request of the Minister…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-15

The rapporteur's proposals and the file compiled by him shall be communicated to the owners of the patent and, where appropriate, to the licensees. The President shall lay down the conditions, date an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-16

The Commission shall give its decision within two months of the date on which the decision referred to it is received by its secretariat.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

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
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-17

The order provided for in Article L. 613-16 shall be adopted immediately after the opinion of the Committee. The patent owner, licensees and the Director General of the Institut National de la Proprié…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-11

Reports to the Committee are entrusted either to members of the Committee or to members of the Conseil d'Etat, the Court of Auditors, the Inspectorate General of Finance and the Inspectorate of Pharma…

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