# Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2009 of 17 September 2009 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards proceedings before the Community Plant Variety Office (recast) (revoked) EU Regulation No 874/2009 · adopted 17 September 2009 Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2009 of 17 September 2009 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards proceedings before the Community Plant Variety Office (recast) ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2009 of 17 September 2009 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards proceedings before the Community Plant Variety Office (recast) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 of 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 agency or establishment of a sub-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 laid down 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 a party to the appeal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Role of the Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Rejection of the appeal as inadmissible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Oral proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Examination of appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51a Several appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Decision on the appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROCEEDINGS ### Chapter I: Decisions, communications and documents ## 53 Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53a Proceedings for nullity and cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64a Service by electronic means or other technical means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Service by post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Service by hand delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66a Service to procedural representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 thereon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Publication of appeals and decisions thereon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Administrative and legal cooperation ## 90 Communication of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 Inspection by or via courts or public prosecutors’ offices of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Procedure for letters rogatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VI: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 The compensation payable to witnesses and experts in respect of travel and subsistence expenses provided for in Article 62(2) shall be calculated as follows: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 The compensation payable to witnesses in respect of loss of earnings provided for in Article 62(3) shall be calculated as follows: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 The remuneration of an agent, adviser or advocate acting as a representative of a party to proceedings as provided for in Article 76(3) and Article 76(4)(c) shall be borne by the other party to proceedings on the basis of the following maximum rates: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/874 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-874 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.