written consent of the person who has brought the action for ownership. Such consent shall
then be irrevocable. During this period, the owner of the application may not withdraw the
application without the written consent of the person who has brought the action for
ownership. Moreover, that person shall be called to participate in the examination on the
same basis as the owner of the application.
52. Where the various examination measures have been carried out, a brief report
summing up the results of the examination shall be notified to the owner of the application.
The owner shall have two months to submit his observations. During this period, he may
acquaint himself with the entire examination file in the hands of the department in question of
the competent authority.
Any person who has submitted observations on the conditions prescribed in this Law
shall be informed of the conclusions of the report concerning his intervention. At his request,
the competent authority may authorize him to acquaint himself with the file relating to such
intervention. He may submit new observations within the same time period as indicated
above.
Chapter VIII
Grant of plant breed certificates
53. Upon the expiry of the time period provided for in Article 52 above, the competent
authority shall rule on the application. It may decide to issue the plant breed certificate, to
reject the application, or to request further examination on the conditions and time periods to
be fixed by it.
Its decision shall be substantiated. It shall be notified to the applicant and, where
applicable, to the authors of the observations.
54. The plant breed certificate shall be issued by the competent authority on the
conditions fixed by regulation. It shall be made out to the owner of the application for the
plant breed certificate. Where the owner of the application is not the breeder, the breeder’s
name must be mentioned on the plant breed certificate.
The plant breed certificate shall take effect on the date on which it was applied for.
55. The certificate shall be recorded in the National Register of Plant Breed
Certificates.
56. The grant of the plant breed certificate shall be published in the journal for the
protection of plant varieties, within three months following the date of notification of grant
made to the owner of the plant breed certificate.
57. As from the date of publication provided for in Article 56 above, any person may
acquaint himself with the plant breed certificate, as entered in the National Register of Plant
Breed Certificates.
The competent authority shall keep originals or copies of the documents from
applications for a certificate relating to protection titles, until the expiry of a period of five
years starting from the end of protection.
The national registers of applications for plant breed certificates and plant breed
certificates shall be kept indefinitely.