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Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2009 of 17 September 2009 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards proceedings before the Community Plant Variety Office (recast)
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1.The following persons may be party to proceedings before the Community Plant Variety Office, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Office’:
(a)the applicant for a Community plant variety right;
(b)the objector referred to in Article 59(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94, hereinafter referred to as ‘the basic Regulation’;
(c)the holder or holders of the Community plant variety right, hereinafter referred to as ‘the holder’;
(d)any person whose application or request is a prerequisite for a decision to be taken by the Office.
2.The Office may allow participation in the proceedings by any person other than those referred to in paragraph 1 who is directly and individually concerned, upon written request.
3.Any natural or legal person as well as any body qualifying as a legal person under the law applicable to that body shall be considered a person within the meaning of paragraphs 1 and 2.
1.A party to proceedings shall be designated by his name and address.
2.Names of natural persons shall be indicated by the person’s family name and given names. Names of legal persons as well as companies or firms shall be indicated by their official designations.
3.Addresses shall contain all the relevant administrative information, including the name of the State in which the party to proceedings is resident or where his seat or establishment is located. Only one address should preferably be indicated for each party to proceedings; where several addresses are indicated, only the address mentioned first shall be taken into account, except where the party to proceedings designates one of the other addresses as an address for service.
The President of the Office shall determine the details concerning the address including any relevant details of other data communication links.
4.Where a party to proceedings is a legal person, it shall also be designated by the name and address of the natural person legally representing the party to proceedings by virtue of the relevant national legislation. The provisions of paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to such natural person.
The Office may permit derogations from the provisions of the first sentence of the first subparagraph.
5.Where the Commission or a Member State is party to proceedings, it shall communicate a representative for each proceeding in which it takes part.
1.A language, being an official language of the European Union, chosen by a party to proceedings for use in the document first submitted to the Office and signed for the purpose of submission shall be used by the party to proceedings until a final decision is delivered by the Office.
2.If a party to proceedings files a document signed for that purpose by him in any other official language of the European Union than that to be used pursuant to paragraph 1, the document shall be deemed to have been received when the Office holds a translation thereof, provided by other services. The Office may permit derogations from this requirement.
3.If, in oral proceedings, a party uses a language other than the official language of the European Union used by the competent members of the staff of the Office, by other parties to proceedings, or by both, being the language to be used by him, he shall make provision for simultaneous interpretation into that official language. If no such provision is made, oral proceedings may continue in the languages used by the competent members of the staff of the Office and by other parties to the proceedings.
1.Any party to proceedings and any witness or expert who gives evidence in oral proceedings may use any of the official languages of the European Union Communities.
2.Should the taking of evidence referred to in paragraph 1 be allowed at the request of a party to proceedings, then, should a party to proceedings, a witness or expert be unable to express himself adequately in any of the official languages of the European Union, he may be heard only if the party who made the request makes provision for interpretation into the languages used jointly by all parties to proceedings or, in the absence thereof, by the members of the staff of the Office.
The Office may permit derogations from the first subparagraph.
3.Statements made by the members of the staff of the Office, by parties to proceedings, witnesses or experts in one of the official languages of the European Union during oral proceedings or taking of evidence shall be entered in the minutes in the language used. Statements made in any other language shall be entered in the language used by the members of the staff of the Office.
1.If a party to proceedings files a document in a language other than an official language of the European Union, the Office may require a translation of the documents received to be made by the party to the proceedings into the language to be used by that party or by the competent members of the staff of the Office.
2.Where a translation of a document is to be filed or is filed by a party to proceedings, the Office may require the filing, within such time as it may specify, of a certificate that the translation corresponds to the original text.
3.Failure to file the translation referred to in paragraph 1 and the certificate referred to in paragraph 2 shall lead to the document being deemed not to have been received.
1.The Committees referred to in Article 35(2) of the basic Regulation shall, at the discretion of the President of the Office, be composed of technical or legally qualified members, or both.
2.A technical member shall hold a degree, or shall be qualified by recognised experience, in the field of plant science.
3.A legally qualified member shall be a graduate in law or qualified by recognised experience in the field of intellectual property or plant variety registration.
1.A Committee shall, besides taking the decisions referred to in Article 35(2) of the basic Regulation, deal with:
the non-suspension of a decision pursuant to Article 67(2) of the basic Regulation,
interlocutory revision pursuant to Article 70 of the basic Regulation,
the restitutio in integrum pursuant to Article 80 of the basic Regulation, and
the award of costs pursuant to Article 85(2) of the basic Regulation and Article 75 of this Regulation.
2.A decision of the Committee shall be taken by a majority of its members.
1.The Committee shall designate one of its members as rapporteur on its behalf.
2.The rapporteur may in particular:
(a)perform the duties under Article 25 and monitor the submission of reports by the Examination Offices, referred to in Articles 13 and 14;
(b)pursue the procedure within the Office, including the communication of any deficiencies to be remedied by a party to proceedings and the setting of time limits; and
(c)ensure a close consultation and exchange of information with the parties to the proceedings.
The President of the Office shall ensure the consistency of decisions taken under his authority. He shall in particular lay down the conditions under which decisions on objections lodged pursuant to Article 59 of the basic Regulation, and also decisions pursuant to Articles 61, 62, 63 or 66 of that Regulation, are taken.
Members of the staff of the Office may use, free of charge, the premises of national agencies designated pursuant to Article 30(4) of the basic Regulation, and those of Examination Offices referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of this Regulation, for holding periodical consultation days with parties to proceedings and third persons.
1.For the purpose of deciding on appeals from the decisions referred to in Article 67 of the basic Regulation, a Board of Appeal is established. If necessary, the Administrative Council may, on a proposal from the Office, establish more Boards of Appeal. In that event, it shall determine the allocation of work between the Boards of Appeal thus established.
2.Each Board of Appeal shall consist of technical and legally qualified members. Article 6(2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis. The chairman shall be a legally qualified member.
3.The examination of an appeal shall be assigned by the chairman of the Board of Appeal to one of its members as rapporteur. Such assignment may include, where appropriate, the taking of evidence.
4.Decisions of the Board of Appeal shall be taken by a majority of its members.
1.The President of the Office shall attach a registry to the Board of Appeal; members of the staff of the Office shall be excluded from the registry if they have participated in proceedings relating to the decisions under appeal.
2.The employees of the registry shall in particular be responsible for:
drawing up the minutes of oral proceedings and taking evidence pursuant to Article 63 of this Regulation,
apportioning costs pursuant to Article 85(5) of the basic Regulation and Article 76 of this Regulation, and
confirming any settlement of costs referred to in Article 77 of this Regulation.
1.When the Administrative Council entrusts the competent office in a Member State with responsibility for technical examination, the President of the Office shall notify the designation to such office, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Examination Office’. It shall take effect on the day of issue of the notification by the President of the Office. This provision shall apply mutatis mutandis to the cancellation of the designation of an Examination Office, subject to Article 15(6) of this Regulation.
2.A member of the staff of the Examination Office taking part in a technical examination shall not be allowed to make any unauthorised use of, or disclose to any unauthorised person, any facts, documents and information coming to their knowledge in the course of or in connection with the technical examination. They shall continue to be bound by this obligation after the termination of the technical examination concerned, after leaving the service and after the cancellation of the designation of the Examination Office concerned.
3.Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to material of the plant variety which has been made available to the Examination Office by the applicant.
4.The Office shall monitor compliance with paragraphs 2 and 3 and shall decide on the exclusion of or objections raised to members of the staff of Examination Offices in accordance with Article 81(2) of the basic Regulation.
1.Where the Office intends to entrust agencies with responsibility for the technical examination of varieties in accordance with Article 55(2) of the basic Regulation, it shall transmit an explanatory statement on the technical suitability of such agencies as an Examination Office to the Administrative Council for consent.
2.Where the Office intends to establish its own sub-office for the technical examination of varieties in accordance with Article 55(2) of the basic Regulation, it shall transmit an explanatory statement on the technical and economic appropriateness of establishing such a sub-office for that purpose and on the siting of such sub-office to the Administrative Council for consent.
3.When the Administrative Council gives its consent to the explanatory statements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the President of the Office may notify such designation to the agencies referred to in paragraph 1, or may publish the designation of a sub-office as referred to in paragraph 2 in the Official Journal of the European Union. It may be cancelled only with the consent of the Administrative Council. Article 13(2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the members of the staff of the agency referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
1.The designation of an Examination Office shall be effected by a written agreement between the Office and the Examination Office providing for the performance of the technical examination of plant varieties by the Examination Office and for the payment of the fee referred to in Article 58 of the basic Regulation. In the case of a sub-office referred to in Article 14(2) of this Regulation, the designation shall be by internal rules on working methods issued by the Office.
2.The effect of the written agreement shall be such that acts performed or to be performed by members of the staff of the Examination Office in accordance therewith shall be considered, as far as third parties are concerned, to be acts of the Office.
3.Where the Examination Office intends to avail itself of the services of other technically qualified bodies in accordance with Article 56(3) of the basic Regulation, such bodies shall be named in the written agreement with the Office. Article 81(2) of the basic Regulation and Article 13(2) and (3) of this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis to the staff members concerned, who shall sign a written undertaking to observe confidentiality.
4.The Office shall pay the Examination Office a fee for the conduct of the technical examination, on the basis of full recovery of costs incurred. The Administrative Council shall determine uniform methods for calculating the costs and the uniform constituents of the costs, which shall apply to all designated Examination Offices.
5.The Examination Office shall periodically submit to the Office a breakdown of the costs of the technical examination performed and of the maintenance of the necessary reference collections. In the circumstances set out in paragraph 3, a separate auditing report of the bodies shall be submitted to the Office by the Examination Office.
6.Any cancellation of designation of an Examination Office may not take effect prior to the day on which revocation of the written agreement referred to in paragraph 1 takes effect.
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