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14.12.2013 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 367/13 |
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 October 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundespatentgericht — Germany) — Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
(Case C-210/12) (1)
(Patent law - Plant protection products - Supplementary protection certificate - Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 - Directive 91/414/EEC - Emergency marketing authorisation under Article 8(4) of that directive)
2013/C 367/21
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Bundespatentgericht
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd
Defendant: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
Re:
Request for a preliminary ruling — Bundespatentgericht — Interpretation of Articles 3(1)(b) and 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (OJ 1996 L 198, p. 30) — Conditions under which a supplementary certificate can be obtained — Possibility of having that certificate issued on the basis of a prior marketing authorisation granted in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 91/414/EEC — Active substance Clothianidin
Operative part of the judgment
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Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products must be interpreted as precluding the issue of a supplementary protection certificate for a plant protection product in respect of which an emergency marketing authorisation has been issued under Article 8(4) of Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, as amended by Commission Directive 2005/58/EC of 21 September 2005. |
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Articles 3(1)(b) and 7(1) of Regulation No 1610/96 must be interpreted as precluding an application for a supplementary protection certificate being lodged before the date on which the plant protection product has obtained the marketing authorisation referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of that regulation. |