Chapter III: Plant varieties

Delegates of the Minister of Defence, specially authorised for this purpose and whose names and capacities have been brought to the attention of the Minister responsible for agriculture by the Minister of Defence, take cognisance, on the premises of the national plant variety authority, of applications for plant variety certificates filed. These are presented, within a period of fifteen days from the date of their receipt, by the head of…

With regard to applications for plant variety certificates for varieties belonging to species included in the list established by order made pursuant to article L. 623-9, the procedures provided for by articles R. 623-16 to R. 623-30 may not be initiated during the period of the prohibitions prescribed by the said article, unless the special authorisation provided for by article L. 623-9 is obtained. Nor may they be initiated during…

The application for authorisation to disclose and freely exploit a variety belonging to one of the species referred to in the above article before the end of the period provided for in article L. 623-9 must be made to the person in charge of the tasks relating to the national plant variety authority; it may be made as soon as the application for a certificate has been filed. The authorisation…

The requisition addressed to the Minister for Agriculture by the Minister for Defence for the purposes of extending the prohibitions on disclosure and free exploitation of a variety, which is the subject of the application for a certificate, must reach the person in charge of the missions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority no later than fifteen days before the end of the five-month period provided…

The provisions of articles R. 612-29, R. 612-30, R. 612-32 and R. 613-42 are applicable to requests made and proceedings brought pursuant to articles L. 623-10 et L. 623-11.