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

((1)) In Article 7, paragraph 7 is replaced by the following:
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7. Where the application fee is received but the application is not valid under Article 50 of the basic Regulation, the Office shall retain EUR 200 of the application fee and refund the remainder when notifying the applicant of the deficiencies found in the application.'
((2)) In Article 8, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. Fees for arranging and carrying out the technical examination of a variety being the subject of an application for a Community plant variety right (examination fee) shall be paid in accordance with Annex I for each growing period started. In the case of varieties for which material with specific components has to be used repeatedly for the production of material, the examination fee laid down in Annex I shall be due in respect of such variety and in respect of each of the components for which an official description is not available and which must also be examined.'
((3)) Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2015.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 4 December 2014.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1238/95 is replaced by the following:

ANNEX I 
The fee to be paid for the technical examination of a variety pursuant to Article 8 shall be determined in accordance with the table:

(in EUR)
 Cost group Fee
Agricultural group
1 Potato 1 960
2 Oilseed rape 1 860
3 Grasses 2 210
4 Other agricultural species 1 430
Fruit group
5 Apple 3 210
6 Strawberry 2 740
7 Other fruit species 2 550
Ornamental group
8 Ornamental living greenhouse 2 140
9 Ornamental living outdoor 1 960
10 Ornamental non-living greenhouse 1 770
11 Ornamental non-living outdoor 1 570
12 Ornamental special 3 040
Vegetable group
13 Vegetable greenhouse 2 150
14 Vegetable outdoor 1 960
