The formal notice provided for in Article L. 613-18 (paragraph 1) shall be the subject of a reasoned decision by the Minister responsible for industrial property, taken after consultation with the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister responsible for Scientific Research and Atomic and Space Issues. This decision specifies the needs of the national economy that have not been met.
The decision is notified, with its reasons, to the owner of the patent and, where applicable, to the licensees entered in the National Patent Register or to their representatives in France.