If the filing does not contain the above-mentioned elements, the application shall be
declared inadmissible and returned to the applicant. Any fee that has been paid will be
refunded to the applicant.
Any material errors are to be remedied within two months following notification made
to the applicant, failing which the application shall be rejected and returned to the applicant.
Article 41
A provisional reference may be given at the time of filing of the application in place of
a denomination in order to designate the variety which is the subject matter of the application.
In such case, the denomination shall be proposed, on pain of inadmissibility of the
application, within two months of the notification addressed to the holder of the application
by the Competent Office.
Article 42
A copy of the application for a plant variety certificate shall be returned to the
applicant, on filing, bearing an attestation of the day and time of filing of the application and
including a registration number.
Article 43
The application shall be entered in the National Register of Applications for Plant
Variety Certificates referred to in Article 58 below in the order of filing and under the number
that has been allocated to the applicant.
This number shall be shown on all notifications addressed to the applicant up to issue of
a plant variety certificate, if appropriate.
Article 44
Up to issue of a plant variety certificate, the applicant may request correction of any
material errors ascertained in the filed elements.
The request shall be submitted in writing and shall contain the wording of the
modifications proposed by the applicant. It shall be entered in the National Register of
Applications for Plant Variety Certificates and shall only be admissible if accompanied by
evidence of payment of the required fee for services rendered.
CHAPTER VII
PROSECUTION OF APPLICATIONS FOR
PLANT VARIETY CERTIFICATES
Article 45