TITLE IISPECIFIC PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE OFFICE
CHAPTER IApplication for a Community plant variety right
Section 3Variety denomination
Article 28Proposal for a variety denomination
The proposal for a variety denomination shall be signed and shall be filed at the Office, F1or, if the proposal accompanies the application for a Community plant variety right filed at the national agency designated or the sub-office established pursuant to Article 30(4) of the basic Regulation, in duplicate.
The Office shall make available, free of charge, a form for the purposes of proposing a variety denomination.
Where the proposal for a variety denomination is submitted by electronic means it shall comply with the second subparagraph of Article 57(3) of this Regulation as regards the signature.
Article 29Examination of a proposal
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Where the proposal does not accompany the application for a Community plant variety right or where a proposed variety denomination cannot be approved by the Office, the Office shall without delay communicate this to the applicant, shall require him to submit a proposal or a new proposal and shall indicate the consequences of failure to do so.
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Where the Office establishes at the time of receipt of the results of the technical examination pursuant to Article 57(1) of the basic Regulation that the applicant has not submitted any proposal for a variety denomination, it shall without delay refuse the application for a Community plant variety right in accordance with Article 61(1)(c) of that Regulation.
Article 30Guidelines for variety denomination
The Administrative Council shall adopt guidelines establishing uniform and definitive criteria for determining impediments to the generic designation of a variety denomination referred to in Article 63(3) and (4) of the basic Regulation.