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European Union
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/384
Article 2
2.
(c)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/384

In forceThis text since 24 Mar 2021law://eu/reg/2021/384/art_2__para_2__pnt_c@2026-11-11

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Contents

1. A variety denomination shall be suitable, if there is no i…
2. There is an impediment related to the designation of a var…

Contents

1. A variety denomination shall be suitable, if there is no i…
2. There is an impediment related to the designation of a var…

(c)the variety denomination may cause its users difficulties as regards its recognition or reproduction, as set out in Article 4;

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Type: Implementing regulation · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/384 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 3 Mar 2021
In force: 24 Mar 2021
Applies from: 1 Jan 2022
Made by: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Official: EUR-Lex 32021R0384 · ELI

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designation of origin intellectual property plant variety right product designation Plant reproductive material Seeds and seedlings

History · 1 version

24 Mar 2021Reading

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a variety no longer remains in existence
means a variety of which material no longer exists;
closely related species
means the species listed in the Annex;
official register of varieties
means the Common catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species, referred to in Article 17 of Directive 2002/53/EC or in Article 17 of Directive 2002/55/EC, or the OECD Variety List, or a plant variety register of a Member of UPOV’;
the denomination has acquired no special significance
means a situation where the denomination of a variety which has been entered in an official register of varieties is considered to have lost special significance on the expiry of a 10-year period after deletion from that register, unless there are exceptional circumstances.

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