Article L622-6

The prohibition set forth in the foregoing Article shall take effect on the day of deposit or at the date of first commercial exploitation if that date is earlier. It shall vest in the owner of the registration until the end of the tenth following calendar year.

However, any registration relating to a topography that has not been commercially exploited within a period of 15 years from the date on which it was fixed or encoded for the first time shall cease to have effect.

Cabinet Chaillot