Global Innovation Policy Center

March 15, 2017

France


Primary Sources

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  • Commercial Code (2010)
  • Consumer Code (consolidated version of March 1, 2015) (2015)
  • Criminal Procedure Code (consolidated as of March 2, 2015) (2015)
  • Customs Code (consolidated as of April 1, 2014) (2014)
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  • Decision of January 5, 2010, of the Committee referred to in Article L. 214-4 of the Intellectual Property Code (2010)
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  • Decree No. 2004-199 of February 25, 2004 amending the Intellectual Property Code (2004)
  • Decree No. 2004-41 of January 6, 2004, publishing the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, adopted in Madrid on June 27, 1989 (2004)
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  • Decree No. 2005-578 of May 23, 2005 amending Article R. 214-2 of the Code of Intellectual Property (2005)
  • Decree No. 2006-1521 of December 4, 2006, publishing the Trademark Law Treaty (and an annex), adopted in Geneva on October 27, 1994 (2006)
  • Decree No. 2006-1763 of December 23, 2006 on Criminal Prosecution of certain Infringements of Copyright and Neighboring Rights (2006)
  • Decree No. 2006-665 of June 7, 2006, on the Reduction and Simplification of the Composition of Various Administrative Commissions (as last amended on December 1, 2014) (2014)
  • Decree No. 2007-280 of March 1, 2007 amending the Intellectual Property Code (2007)
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  • Decree No. 2007-731 of May 7, 2007 on the persons qualified in industrial property and amending the code of intellectual property. (2007)
  • Decree No. 2007-756 of May 9, 2007 implementing Article L. 122-8 code and intellectual property on the resale right (‘droit de suite’). (2007)
  • Decree No. 2007-873 of May 14, 2007 implementing Article L. 311-5 of the Intellectual Property Code (2007)
  • Decree No. 2008-1391 of December 19,2008 implementing the exception to Copyright, Related Rights and the right of databases producers for people with disabilities (2008)
  • Decree No. 2008-1471 of December 30,2008 implementing Article VI of 132 of the Law No. 2008-776 of August 4, 2008 to Modernize the Economy and on the Procedure for Limiting Patent claims of invention (2008)
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  • Decree No. 2008-428 of May 2, 2008, publishing the Act Revising the Convention on the Grant of European Patents, signed in Munich on November 29, 2000 (2008)
  • Decree No. 2008-469 of May 20, 2008, publishing the Agreement on the Application of Article 65 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents, signed in London on October 17, 2000 (2008)
  • Decree No. 2008-522 of June 2, 2008 Refunding the Regulatory part of the Judicial Organization Code (2008)
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  • Decree No. 2008-625 of June 27, 2008 amending the Intellectual Property Code (2008)
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  • Decree No. 2009-1205 of October 9, 2009 Determining the Seat and Jurisdiction of Courts in Intellectual Property (2009)
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  • Decree No. 2009-131 of February 6, 2009 concerning the Designation of the Depositary of Digital Files of Printed works mentioned in 7 of Article L. 122-5 of the Code of Intellectual Property (2009)
  • Decree No. 2009-1773 of December 29, 2009 on the organization of the High Authority for the dissemination of works and protection of rights on the Internet (2009)
  • Decree No. 2009-645 of June 9, 2009 concerning Management between Public Industrial Property Results from Research conducted by Public Officials or Public Employees (2009)
  • Decree No. 2009-744 of June 19,2009 on the Functioning of the Commission established in Article L. 311-5 of the Intellectual Property Code (2009)
  • Decree No. 2009-887 of July 21, 2009 implementing Article L. 331-18 of the Code of Intellectual Property (2009)
  • Decree No. 2010-1202 of October 12, 2010 amending Article R. 331-37 Code of Intellectual Property (2010)
  • Decree No. 2010-1366 of November 10, 2010, on Labeling Online Public Communication Services Offerings and Regulating Technical Measures for Protection and Identification of Works and Objects protected by Copyright (2010)
  • Decree No. 2010-1630 of December 23, 2010 relating to the assessment procedure and labeling securing measures to prevent unauthorized use of access to a communication service to the public online (2010)
  • Decree No. 2010-236 of March 5, 2010, on the Automated Processing of Personal Data authorized by Article L. 331-29 of the Code of Intellectual Property, called the “Management System for Measures for the Protection of Original Works on the Internet’ (2010)
  • Decree No. 2010-397 of April 22, 2010 to facilitate the exploitation of films in the form of video recordings
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  • Decree No. 2011-1073 of September 8, 2011 on the Abolition of Commissions and Administrative Bodies (2011)
  • Decree No. 2011-1878 of December 14, 2011 on the Creation of the ‘Cour d’Appel’ of Cayenne (2011)
  • Decree No. 2011-386 of April 11, 2011 on indicators of the High Authority for the dissemination of works and protection of human rights on the Internet (2011)
  • Decree No. 2012-597 of April 27, 2012 concerning the National Security Agency of Medicines and Health Products (2012)
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  • Decree No. 2013-182 of February 27, 2013, regulating Articles L.134-1 to L.134-9 of the French Intellectual Property Code regarding the Digital Exploitation of Unavailable Books of the Twentieth Century (2013)
  • Decree No. 2013-596 of July 8, 2013, removing the Complementary Penalty of Suspending Access to an On-Line Public Communication Service and relating to the Information Transmission Methods provided for in Article L. 331-21 of the Intellectual Property Code (2013)
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  • Decree No. 94-1056 of December 8, 1994 amending Article R. 312-2 of the Code of Judicial Organization (1994)
  • Decree No. 95-385 of April 10, 1995, concerning the Regulatory Part of the Intellectual Property Code (1995)
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  • Decree No. 96-481 of May 31, 1996, relating to the Legal Databases Public Service (1996)
  • Decree No. 96-857 of October 2, 1996, amending the Intellectual Property Code and relating to Inventions by Officials and Public Servants (1996)
  • Decree No. 97-1316 of December 23, 1997, implementing Article L. 122-3° (d) of Intellectual Property Code (1997)
  • Decree No. 98-1040 of November 18, 1998 amending the regulatory part of the Code of Intellectual Property (1998)
  • Decree No. 98-1041 of November 18, 1998 concerning the application of Articles L. 132-20-1 and L. 217-2 of the Code of Intellectual Property (1998)
  • Decree No. 98-1042 of November 18, 1998 concerning the application of Articles L. 132-20-2 and L. 217-3 of the Code of Intellectual Property (1998)
  • Decree of January 7, 2008 to implement the provisions of Article R. 421-1-2 of the Intellectual Property Code (2008)
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  • Judicial Organization Code (consolidated as of March 8, 2015) (2014)
  • Labor Code (consolidated version of March 8, 2015) (2015)
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  • Law No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004, regarding Confidence in the Digital Economy (2004)
  • Law No. 2004-800 of August 6, 2004, on Bioethics (2004)
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  • Law No. 2006-961 of August 1, 2006, on Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society (2006)
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  • Law No. 2007-248 of February 26, 2007 containing various provisions to adapt the European Legislation into the field of Medicine (2007)
  • Law No. 2008-776 of August 4, 2008 on the Modernization of the Economy (2008)
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  • Law No. 2009-526 of May 12, 2009 to simplify and clarify the Law and Streamline Procedures (2009)
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  • Law No. 2011-2012 of December 29, 2011, strengthening the Safety of Sanitary Drugs and Health Products (2011)
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  • Law No. 2012-287 of March 1, 2012, on the Digital Exploitation of Unavailable Books of the Twentieth Century (2012)
  • Law No. 2012-387 of March 22, 2012, on the Simplification of the Law and Administrative Relief (2012)
  • Law No. 2014-315 of March 11, 2014, strengthening the Fight Against Counterfeiting (2014)
  • Law No. 2014-344 of March 17, 2014, on Consumer Protection (2014)
  • Law No. 2016-1321 of October 7, 2016, for a Digital Republic (2016)
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  • Law No. 98-536 of July 1, 1998 transposing into the code of the intellectual property of Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and Council of March 11,1996 on the legal protection of Databases (1998)
  • Ministerial Order of October 17, 1990, issued pursuant to Article 20 (Title II) of Law No. 85-660 of July 3, 1985, on the Rights Neighboring on Copyright of Performers Engaged for the Making of an Audiovisual Work (1990)
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  • Postal and Electronic Communications Code (consolidated version on August 4, 2014) (2014)
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