The certificate shall only be issued if a prior examination shows that the variety for which protection is sought constitutes a new plant variety in accordance with Article L. 623-2.
However, the body referred to in Article L. 412-1 may consider as sufficient the prior examination carried out in another State party to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. The same body may take into account the examination carried out by the breeder or his successor in title.
This committee may call upon foreign experts.