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Article L623-17 of the French Intellectual Property Code

A variety essential to human or animal life may be made subject to the ex officio licence system by decree in the Conseil d’Etat or, where it is of interest to public health, by joint order of the Minister for Agriculture and the Minister for Public Health.

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Article L623-17

Une variété indispensable à la vie humaine ou animale peut être soumise au régime de la licence d’office par décret en Conseil d’Etat ou, lorsqu’elle intéresse la santé publique, par arrêté conjoint du ministre de l’agriculture et du ministre chargé de la santé publique.

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