INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS of December 2, 1961, as revised at Geneva on November 10, 1972, and on October 23, 1978

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	INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS of December 2, 1961, as revised at Geneva on November 10, 1972, and on October 23, 1978
	Article 1 Purpose of the Convention; Constitution of a Union; Seat of the Union
	Article 2 Forms of Protection
	Article 3 National Treatment; Reciprocity
	Article 4 Botanical Genera and Species Which Must or May be Protected
	Article 5 Rights Protected; Scope of Protection
	Article 6 Conditions Required for Protection
	Article 7 Official Examination of Varieties; Provisional Protection
	Article 8 Period of Protection
	Article 9 Restrictions in the Exercise of Rights Protected
	Article 10 Nullity and Forfeiture of the Rights Protected
	Article 11 Free Choice of the Member State in Which the First Application is Filed; Application in Other Member States; Independence of Protection in Different Member States
	Article 12 Right of Priority
	Article 13 Variety Denomination
	Article 14 Protection Independent of Measures Regulating Production, Certification and Marketing
	Article 15 Organs of the Union
	Article 16 Composition of the Council; Votes
	Article 17 Observers in Meetings of the Council
	Article 18 President and Vice-Presidents of the Council
	Article 19 Sessions of the Council
	Article 20 Rules of Procedure of the Council; Administrative and Financial Regulations of the Union
	Article 21 Tasks of the Council
	Article 22 Majorities Required for Decisions of the Council
	Article 23 Tasks of the Office of the Union; Responsibilities of the Secretary-General; Appointment of Staff
	Article 24 Legal Status
	Article 25 Auditing of the Accounts
	Article 26 Finances
	Article 27 Revision of the Convention
	Article 28 Languages Used by the Office and in Meetings of the Council
	Article 29 Special Agreements for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
	Article 30 Implementation of the Convention on the Domestic Level; Contracts on the Joint Utilisation of Examination Services
	Article 31 Signature
	Article 32 Ratification, Acceptance or Approval; Accession
	Article 33 Entry into Force; Closing of Earlier Texts
	Article 34 Relations Between States Bound by Different Texts
	Article 35 Communications Concerning the Genera and Species Protected; Information to be Published
	Article 36 Territories
	Article 37 Exceptional Rules for Protection Under Two Forms
	Article 38 Transitional Limitation of the Requirement of Novelty
	Article 39 Preservation of Existing Rights
	Article 40 Reservations
	Article 41 Duration and Denunciation of the Convention
	Article 42 Languages; Depositary Functions