{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1610/article-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1610/article-13.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1996/1610",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1610",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Duration of the certificate",
  "text": "1. The certificate shall take effect at the end of the lawful term of the basic patent for a period equal to the period which elapsed between the date on which the application for a basic patent was lodged and the date of the first authorization to place the product on the market in the area comprising the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, reduced by a period of five years.\n2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the duration of the certificate may not exceed five years from the date on which it takes effect.\n3. For the purposes of calculating the duration of the certificate, account shall be taken of a provisional first marketing authorization only if it is directly followed by a definitive authorization concerning the same product.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 13(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/801), regs. 1, 29; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1996/1610/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:59:06.939168+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."
}