I. – The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall open the consultation on an application for approval of a specification provided for in 3° of Article L. 721-3 concomitantly with the publication of the notice of the opening of the public enquiry provided for in I of Article R. 721-3. The procedures for this consultation are specified by decision of the Director General of the Institute.
The consultation ends at the end of a period of two months from the date of referral by the natural or legal persons mentioned in 3° of Article L. 721-3.
The professional groups concerned referred to in Article L. 721-3 are the national organisations representing companies and craftsmen as well as the professional bodies representing industrial and craft product conformity assessment bodies referred to in Article R. 721-9.
II. – A consultation is organised under the conditions set out in I for any application to amend the approved specification. This consultation concerns only those elements of the specification that are the subject of the amendment request.