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A system of Community plant variety rights is hereby established as the sole and exclusive form of Community industrial property rights for plant varieties.
Community plant variety rights shall have uniform effect within the territory of the Community and may not be granted, transferred or terminated in respect of the abovementioned territory otherwise than on a uniform basis.
This Regulation shall be without prejudice to the right of the Member States to grant national property rights for plant varieties, subject to the provisions of Article 92 (1).
For the purpose of the implementation of this Regulation a Community Plant Variety Office, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Office’, is hereby established.