
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 12 
An application for a Community plant variety right may be filed by any natural or legal person, or any body ranking as a legal person under the law applicable to that body.
An application may be filed jointly by two or more such persons.';
2.. in Article 41(2), the words ‘12(1)(b),’ shall be deleted;
3.. Article 52(4) shall be replaced by the following:
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4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall also apply in respect of earlier applications that were filed in another State.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 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 December 2007.
For the Council
The President
F. NUNES CORREIA