# The Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificates) Rules 1997, 


Any product protected by a patent in the territory of a Member State and subject, prior to being placed on the market as a plant protection product, to an administrative authorization procedure as laid down in Article 4 of Directive 91/414/EEC, or pursuant to an equivalent provision of national law if it is a plant protection product in respect of which the application for authorization was lodged before Directive 91/414/EEC was implemented by the Member State concerned, may, under the terms and conditions provided for in this Regulation, be the subject of a certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/64/schedule/1/crossheading/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificates-rules-1997/schedule-1/crossheading-2
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