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Article L613-2-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The protection referred to in articles L. 613-2-2 and L. 613-2-3 shall not extend to biological material obtained by reproduction or multiplication of biological material placed on the market in the territory of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area by the patent holder or with his consent, where the reproduction or multiplication necessarily results from the use for which the biological material was placed on the market, provided that the material obtained is not subsequently used for other reproductions or multiplications.

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Article L613-2-4

La protection visée aux articles L. 613-2-2 et L. 613-2-3 ne s’étend pas à la matière biologique obtenue par reproduction ou multiplication d’une matière biologique mise sur le marché sur le territoire d’un Etat membre de la Communauté européenne ou d’un Etat partie à l’accord sur l’Espace économique européen par le titulaire du brevet ou avec son consentement, lorsque la reproduction ou la multiplication résulte nécessairement de l’utilisation pour laquelle la matière biologique a été mise sur le marché, dès lors que la matière obtenue n’est pas utilisée ensuite pour d’autres reproductions ou multiplications.

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