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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-523/attachment-1/article-12",
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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/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Examination of the application",
  "text": "Any decision to grant a breeder’s right shall require an examination for compliance with the conditions under Articles 5 to 9. In the course of the examination, the authority may grow the variety or carry out other necessary tests, cause the growing of the variety or the carrying out of other necessary tests, or take into account the results of growing tests or other trials which have already been carried out. For the purposes of examination, the authority may require the breeder to furnish all the necessary information, documents or material.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/523/attachment/1/article/12",
    "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."
}