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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-523/attachment-1/article-10",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2005/523",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 30 May 2005 approving the accession of the European Community to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, as revised at Geneva on 19 March 1991 (2005/523/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-523",
  "path": "attachment/1/article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Filing of applications",
  "text": "1. (Place of first application) The breeder may choose the Contracting Party with whose authority he wishes to file his first application for a breeder’s right.\n2. (Time of subsequent applications) The breeder may apply to the authorities of other Contracting Parties for the grant of breeders’ rights without waiting for the grant to him of a breeder’s right by the authority of the Contracting Party with which the first application was filed.\n3. (Independence of protection) No Contracting Party shall refuse to grant a breeder’s right or limit its duration on the ground that protection for the same variety has not been applied for, has been refused or has expired in any other State or intergovernmental organisation",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/523/attachment/1/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:51.309805+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}