{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1610/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1610/article-16.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/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Notification of lapse or invalidity",
  "text": "If the certificate lapses in accordance with Article 14 (1) (b), (c) or (d) or is invalid in accordance with Article 15, or if the territorial extent of the certificate is limited in accordance with Article 14(3), notification thereof shall be published by the comptroller.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Art. 16 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Supplementary Protection Certificates (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1471), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 9(a) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 16 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Supplementary Protection Certificates (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1471), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 9(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 16 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/801), regs. 1, 32; 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/16",
    "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."
}