Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1.

   Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:

   Article 12Entitlement to file an application for a Community plant variety right

   An application for a Community plant variety right may be filed by any natural or legal person, or any body ranking as a legal person under the law applicable to that body.

   An application may be filed jointly by two or more such persons.

2. 2.

   in Article 41(2), the words ‘12(1)(b),’ shall be deleted;

3. 3.

   Article 52(4) shall be replaced by the following:

   4.

   Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall also apply in respect of earlier applications that were filed in another State.