Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1238/95 is amended as follows: 1. Article 9(1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. The Office shall charge a holder of a Community plant variety right (hereinafter referred to as the holder) a fee for each year of the duration of a Community plant variety right (annual fee) of EUR 300 for the years 2003 to 2007 and of EUR 435 for the year 2008 and the following years.’; 2. Article 12(1)(b) is replaced by the following: ‘(b) fees for issuing certified copies of documents; and’; 3. in Annex I, the table is amended as follows: (a) the heading of the second column is replaced by the following: ‘Fee in years 2003 to 2006’; (b) the heading of the third column is replaced by the following: ‘Fee in year 2007 and seq.’