
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1238/95 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 9(1) is replaced by the following:
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1. The Office shall charge a holder of a Community plant variety right (hereinafter referred to as the holder) a fee for each year of the duration of a Community plant variety right (annual fee) of EUR 300 for the years 2003 to 2007 and of EUR 435 for the year 2008 and the following years.';
2.. Article 12(1)(b) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) fees for issuing certified copies of documents; and';
3.. in Annex I, the table is amended as follows:

((a)) the heading of the second column is replaced by the following:
‘Fee in years 2003 to 2006’;
((b)) the heading of the third column is replaced by the following:
‘Fee in year 2007 and seq.’
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 20 July 2005.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission