The Regulations of the Organization of Plant Variety Evaluation Committee and the Review Procedures Article 10

The central competent authority may appoint or entrust a designated examination organization to perform characteristics follow-up testing after accepting a plant variety right nullification or cancellation case for review in accordance with Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1 and Paragraph 2, Subparagraph 1 under Article 37 of this Act; the investigation items and implementation methods of characteristics follow-up testing shall be as resolved by the evaluation committee.The evaluation committee may when reviewing plant variety right nullification or cancellation cases notify the applicant and the holder of a plant variety right to attend a committee meeting in a non-voting capacity to provide explanations.