# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1239/95 of 31 May 1995 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards proceedings before the Community Plant Variety Office (repealed) EU Regulation No 1239/1995 ยท adopted 31 May 1995 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1239/95 of 31 May 1995 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards proceedings before the Community Plant Variety Office (repealed) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1239/pdf/eur_19951239_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (14 October 2009) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1239/pdf/eur_19951239_2009-10-14_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2009) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1239/pdf/eur_19951239_2009-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (21 July 2005) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1239/pdf/eur_19951239_2005-07-21_en.pdf; Revised version (1 July 1998) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1239/pdf/eur_19951239_1998-07-01_en.pdf; Revised version (1 June 1995) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1239/pdf/eur_19951239_1995-06-01_en.pdf ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 1239/95 of 31 May 1995 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards proceedings before the Community Plant Variety Office (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: PARTIES TO PROCEEDINGS, OFFICE AND EXAMINATION OFFICES ### Chapter I: PARTIES TO PROCEEDINGS ## 1 Parties to proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Designation of parties to proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Languages of parties to proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Languages in oral proceedings and in the taking of evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Translation of documents of parties to proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: THE OFFICE ### Section 1: Committees of the Office ## 6 Qualification of members of the Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Decisions of the Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Power of individual members of the Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Role A the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Consultations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Boards of Appeal ## 11 Boards of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Registry attached to a Board of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: EXAMINATION OFFICES ## 13 Designation of an Examination Office referred to in Article 55 (1) of the Basic Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Designation of an Examination Office referred to in Article 55 (2) of the Basic Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Procedure for designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: SPECIFIC PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE OFFICE ### Chapter I: APPLICATION FOR A COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY RIGHT ### Section 1: Actions of the applicant ## 16 Filing of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Receipt of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Conditions referred to in Article 50 (1) of the Basic Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Conditions referred to in Article 50 (2) of the Basic Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Claiming priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Entitlement to a Community plant variety right during proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Conduct of the technical examination ## 22 Decision on test guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Powers vested in the President of the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Notification by the Office of the Examination Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Cooperation between the Office and the Examination Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Form of the examination reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Other examination reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Variety denomination ## 28 Proposal for a variety denomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Examination of a proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Guidelines for variety denomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: OBJECTION ## 31 Filing of objections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Rejection of objections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS ## 33 Obligations of the holder under Article 64 (3) of the Basic Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Technical verification of the protected variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Other material to be used for a technical verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Amendments of the variety denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: COMMUNITY LICENCES TO BE GRANTED BY THE OFFICE ### Section 1: Compulsory licences pursuant to Article 29 of the Basic Regulation ## 37 Applications for a compulsory licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Examination of the application for a compulsory licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Tenure of a Community plant variety right during the proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Contents of the decision on the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Grant of a compulsory licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Conditions pertaining to the person to whom a compulsory licence is granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Category of persons satisfying specific requirements pursuant to Article 29(2) of the basic Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Exploitation rights pursuant to Article 100(2) of the Basic Regulation ## 44 Exploitation rights pursuant to Article 100(2) of the basic Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE BOARD OF APPEAL ## 45 Contents of the notice of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Receipt of the notice of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Participation as party to the appeal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Role of the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Rejection of the appeal as inadmissible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Oral proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Examination of appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Decision on the appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROCEEDINGS ### Chapter I: DECISIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS ## 53 Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Certificate for a Community plant variety right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Right of audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Documents filed by parties to proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Documentary evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: ORAL PROCEEDINGS AND TAKING OF EVIDENCE ## 59 Summons to oral proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Taking of evidence by the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Commissioning of experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Costs of taking evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Minutes of oral proceedings and of taking of evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: SERVICE ## 64 General provisions on service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Service by post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Service by hand delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Public notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Irregularities in service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: TIME LIMITS AND INTERRUPTION OF PROCEEDINGS ## 69 Computation of time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Duration of time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Extension of time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Interruption of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: PROCEDURAL REPRESENTATIVES ## 73 Designation of a procedural representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Credentials of procedural representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VI: APPORTIONMENT AND DETERMINATION OF COSTS ## 75 Awards of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Determination of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Settlement of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC ### Chapter I: REGISTERS, PUBLIC INSPECTION AND PUBLICATIONS ### Section 1: The Registers ## 78 Entries related to proceedings and to Community plant variety rights, to be entered in the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Entry of transfer of a Community plant variety right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Conditions for entries in the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Conditions for specific entries in the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Public inspection of the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Keeping of documents, public inspection of documents and varieties grown ## 83 Keeping of the files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Access to documents held by the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 Inspection of the growing of the varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Confidential information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Publications ## 87 Official Gazette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Publication of applications for exploitation rights to be granted by the Office and decisions thereupon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Publication of appeals and decisions thereupon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL COOPERATION ## 90 Communication of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 Inspection by or via courts or public proscutors' offices of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Procedure for letters rogatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VI: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 93 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Derogations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1995/1239 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1995-1239 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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