Article 1
In Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1238/95, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1.The applicant for a Community plant variety right (the applicant) shall pay an application fee of EUR 650 for the processing of the application as referred to in Article 113(2)(a) of the Basic Regulation.’
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 June 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso