INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS   of December 2, 1961,  as Revised at Geneva on November 10, 1972,  on October 23, 1978, and on March 19, 1991

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	Article 1 Definitions
	Article 2 Basic Obligation of the Contracting Parties
	Article 3 Genera and Species to be Protected
	Article 4 National Treatment
	Article 5 Conditions of Protection
	Article 6 Novelty
	Article 7 Distinctness
	Article 8 Uniformity
	Article 9 Stability
	Article 10 Filing of Applications
	Article 11 Right of Priority
	Article 12 Examination of the Application
	Article 13 Provisional Protection
	Article 14 Scope of the Breeder's Right
	Article 15 Exceptions to the Breeder's Right
	Article 16 Exhaustion of the Breeder's Right
	Article 17 Restrictions on the Exercise of the Breeder's Right
	Article 18 Measures Regulating Commerce
	Article 19 Duration of the Breeder's Right
	Article 20 Variety Denomination
	Article 21 Nullity of the Breeder's Right
	Article 22 Cancellation of the Breeder's Right
	Article 23 Members
	Article 24 Legal Status and Seat
	Article 25 Organs
	Article 26 The Council
	Article 27 The Office of the Union
	Article 28 Languages
	Article 29 Finances
	Article 30 Implementation of the Convention
	Article 31 Relations Between Contracting Parties and States Bound by Earlier Acts
	Article 32 Special Agreements
	Article 33 Signature
	Article 34 Ratification, Acceptance or Approval; Accession
	Article 35 Reservations
	Article 36 Communications Concerning Legislation and the Genera and Species Protected; Information to be Published
	Article 37 Entry into Force; Closing of Earlier Acts
	Article 38 Revision of the Convention
	Article 39 Denunciation
	Article 40 Preservation of Existing Rights
	Article 41 Original and Official Texts of the Convention
	Article 42 Depositary Functions