Article 1Entitlement to file an application for a Community plant variety right
Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 is hereby amended as follows:
1.
Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 12
Entitlement 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.
in Article 41(2), the words ‘12(1)(b),’ shall be deleted;
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.’