Subject to the provisions of article R. 623-44, any application for a plant variety certificate duly filed shall be published in an official bulletin to be issued by the national plant variety authority.
The purpose of this publication is, in particular, to bring the plant variety certificate application to the attention of any person having an interest therein.
The publication shall mention the filing date, the name and address of the applicant and that of the breeder where the latter is not the applicant, the proposed denomination or, failing this, the breeder’s reference, an indication of the genus or species to which the variety belongs and its summary characteristics.
From the day of the publication provided for in the preceding paragraphs, any person may take cognisance of the application as entered in the Register of applications for plant variety certificates.