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Article R613-25-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The application for an operating licence provided for in Article L. 613-17-1 shall be addressed to the Minister responsible for industrial property. It shall include the information mentioned in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems. The application shall identify the patents and, where they exist, the supplementary protection certificates for which an exploitation licence is requested.

The Minister shall notify the application without delay to the owner of the patent for the invention and, where applicable, to the holders of licences entered in the National Patent Register, who shall have a period of fifteen days from receipt of this notification to submit observations.

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Article R613-25-1

La demande de licence d’exploitation prévue à l’article L. 613-17-1 est adressée au ministre chargé de la propriété industrielle. Elle comporte les éléments mentionnés à l’article 6 du règlement (CE) n° 816/2006 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 17 mai 2006 concernant l’octroi de licences obligatoires pour des brevets visant la fabrication de produits pharmaceutiques destinés à l’exportation vers des pays connaissant des problèmes de santé publique. La demande identifie les brevets et, lorsqu’ils existent, les certificats complémentaires de protection pour lesquels une licence d’exploitation est demandée.

Le ministre notifie sans délai la demande au titulaire du brevet d’invention et, le cas échéant, aux titulaires de licences inscrites au Registre national des brevets, qui disposent d’un délai de quinze jours à compter de la réception de cette notification pour présenter des observations.

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