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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/1002",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1002/2005 of 30 June 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1239/95 as regards the grant of compulsory licences and the rules on public inspection and access to documents held by the Community Plant Variety Office",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1002/2005\nof 30 June 2005\namending Regulation (EC) No 1239/95 as regards the grant of compulsory licences and the rules on public inspection and access to documents held by the Community Plant Variety Office\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights, and in particular Article 114 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 29 of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 has been amended in order to include a reference to compulsory licences provided for in Article 12 of Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions and to replace the term ‘compulsory exploitation right’ by ‘compulsory licence’.\n(2)\nRegulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, which lays down the general principles and limits governing the right of access to documents provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty, has been made applicable to documents held by the Community Plant Variety Office by way of insertion of a new Article 33a in Regulation (EC) No 2100/94.\n(3)\nIt is therefore appropriate to amend 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 accordingly.\n(4)\nThe Administrative Council of the Community Plant Variety office has been consulted.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Community Plant Variety Rights,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 227, 1.9.1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 873/2004 (OJ L 162, 30.4.2004, p. 38)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 213, 30.7.1998, p. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 121, 1.6.1995, p. 37. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2181/2002 (OJ L 331, 7.12.2002, p. 14)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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