# Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products, Article 10: Grant of the certificate or rejection of the application

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Where the application for a certificate and the product to which it relates meet the conditions laid down in this Regulation, the comptroller shall grant the certificate.
2. The comptroller shall, subject to paragraph 3, reject the application for a certificate if the application or the product to which it relates does not meet the conditions laid down in this Regulation or any prescribed fee is not paid.
3. Where the application for a certificate does not meet the conditions laid down in Article 8 or the prescribed fee relating to the application has not been paid, the comptroller shall ask the applicant to rectify the irregularity, or to settle the fee, within a stated time.
4. If the irregularity is not rectified or the fee is not settled under paragraph 3 within the stated time, the application shall be rejected.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1996/1610/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1610/article-10
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