When a professional established on the territory of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area is entitled to represent persons in industrial property matters before the central industrial property service of that State, he may use in France his professional title, expressed in the language or one of the languages of the latter State, to represent persons before the National Institute of Industrial Property, provided that his title is attested by the competent authority of the State in which he is established.
Where the professional is established in a State in which the practice of the profession is not subject to possession of a regulated title, he must, in order to represent persons before the National Institute of Industrial Property, provide proof by any means to that Institute that he has practised that profession, in one or more Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, on a full-time basis for at least one year or on a part-time basis for an equivalent total period, over the last ten years. However, one year’s professional experience is not required if the professional can provide evidence of regulated training giving access to the profession, existing in his or her State of establishment.