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Article L623-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code

For the purposes of this chapter, a new variety created which:

1° Is clearly distinguishable from any other variety whose existence, at the date of filing of the application, is a matter of common knowledge;

2° Is uniform, i.e. sufficiently uniform in its relevant characteristics, subject to the variation that may be expected having regard to the particular features of its sexual reproduction or vegetative propagation…;

3° Remains stable, i.e. identical to its initial definition following its successive reproductions or multiplications or, in the case of a particular cycle of reproduction or multiplication, at the end of each cycle.

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Article L623-2

Pour l’application du présent chapitre, est appelée “obtention végétale” la variété nouvelle créée qui :

1° Se distingue nettement de toute autre variété dont l’existence, à la date du dépôt de la demande, est notoirement connue ;

2° Est homogène, c’est-à-dire suffisamment uniforme dans ses caractères pertinents, sous réserve de la variation prévisible compte tenu des particularités de sa reproduction sexuée ou de sa multiplication végétative ;

3° Demeure stable, c’est-à-dire identique à sa définition initiale à la suite de ses reproductions ou multiplications successives ou, en cas de cycle particulier de reproduction ou de multiplication, à la fin de chaque cycle.

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