A list of persons qualified in industrial property is drawn up annually by the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property.
This list shall be published.
Persons on the aforementioned list may practise as an employee of a company or on a self-employed basis individually or in a group or as an employee of another person practising on a self-employed basis.
Persons appearing on 26 November 1990 on the list of qualified patent attorneys are automatically entered on the list referred to in the first paragraph, provided that they meet the character requirements laid down in Article L. 421-2.