# Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights (revoked) EU Regulation No 2100/1994 ยท adopted 27 July 1994 Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-2100/pdf/eur_19942100_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (31 January 2008) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-2100/pdf/eur_19942100_2008-01-31_en.pdf; Revised version (20 May 2004) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-2100/pdf/eur_19942100_2004-05-20_en.pdf; Revised version (1 October 2003) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-2100/pdf/eur_19942100_2003-10-01_en.pdf; Revised version (5 June 2003) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-2100/pdf/eur_19942100_2003-06-05_en.pdf; Revised version (27 April 1995) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-2100/pdf/eur_19942100_1995-04-27_en.pdf ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part ONE: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Community plant variety rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Uniform effect of Community plant variety rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 National property rights for plant varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Community Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part TWO: SUBSTANTIVE LAW ### Chapter I: CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE GRANT OF COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS ## 5 Object of Community plant variety rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Protectable varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Distinctness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Uniformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Novelty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: PERSONS ENTITLED ## 11 Entitlement to Community plant variety rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Entitlement to file an application for a Community plant variety right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: EFFECTS OF COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS ## 13 Rights of the holder of a Community plant variety right and prohibited acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Derogation from Community plant variety right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Limitation of the effects of Community plant variety rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Exhaustion of Community plant variety rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Use of variety denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Limitation of the use of variety denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: DURATION AND TERMINATION OF COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS ## 19 Duration of Community plant variety rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Nullity of Community plant variety rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Cancellation of Community plant variety rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS AS OBJECTS OF PROPERTY ## 22 Assimilation with national laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Levy of execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Bankruptcy or like proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 The application for a Community plant variety right as an object of property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Contractual exploitation rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Joint holdership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Compulsory licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part THREE: THE COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY OFFICE ### Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 30 Legal status, sub-offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Privileges and immunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33a Access to documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Decisions of the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL ## 36 Creation and powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Chairmanship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Place of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: MANAGEMENT OF THE OFFICE ## 42 Functions and powers of the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Appointment of senior officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Control of legality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: THE BOARDS OF APPEAL ## 45 Establishment and powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Composition of the Boards of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Independence of the members of the Boards of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Exclusion and objection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part FOUR: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE OFFICE ### Chapter I: APPLICATIONS ## 49 Filing of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Conditions governing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Date of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 The right of priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: EXAMINATION ## 53 Formal examination of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Substantive examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Technical examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 The conduct of technical examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Examination reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Costs of technical examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Objections to grant of right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Priority of a new application in the case of objections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: DECISIONS ## 61 Refusal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Variety denomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: THE MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS ## 64 Technical verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Report on the technical verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Amendment of the variety denomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: APPEALS ## 67 Decisions subject to appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Persons entitled to appeal and to be parties to appeal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Time limit and form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Interlocutory revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Examination of appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Decision on appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Actions against decisions of the Boards of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Direct action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VI: MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS ## 75 Statement of grounds on which decisions are based, right of audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Examination of the facts by the Office of its own motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Oral proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Taking of evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Restitutio in integrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 General principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Procedural representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VII: FEES, SETTLEMENT OF COSTS ## 83 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Termination of financial obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 Apportionment of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Enforcement of decisions which determine the amount of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VIII: REGISTERS ## 87 Establishment of the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Public inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Periodical publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Exchange of information and of publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 Administrative and legal cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part FIVE: IMPACT ON OTHER LAWS ## 92 Cumulative protection prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 Application of national law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part SIX: CIVIL LAW CLAIMS, INFRINGEMENTS, JURISDICTION ## 94 Infringement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Acts prior to grant of Community plant variety rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 96 Prescription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 97 Supplementary application of national law regarding infringement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Claiming entitlement to a Community plant variety right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 99 Obtaining identification of a variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 100 Consequences of a change in holdership of a Community plant variety right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 101 Jurisdiction and procedure in legal actions relating to civil law claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Supplementary provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 103 Rules of procedure applicable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 104 Entitlement to bring an action for infringement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 Obligation of national courts or other bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 Stay of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 107 Penalties for infringement of Community plant variety rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part SEVEN: BUDGET, FINANCIAL CONTROL, COMMUNITY IMPLEMENTING RULES ## 108 Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 109 Preparation of the budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 110 Implementation of the budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 111 Audit and control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 112 Financial provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 113 Fees regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 114 Other implementing rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 115 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part EIGHT: TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 116 Derogations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 117 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 118 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1994/2100 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-2100 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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