Article 43

1.   Any person intending to make use of a compulsory licence who comes under the category of persons satisfying specific requirements referred to in Article 29(2) of the basic Regulation shall declare his intention to the Office and to the holder by registered letter with advice of delivery. The declaration shall include:

(a) the name and address of that person as laid down for parties to proceedings pursuant to Article 2 of this Regulation;

(b) a statement on the facts meeting the specific requirements;

(c) a statement setting out the acts to be effected; and

(d) an assurance that that person has the appropriate financial resources as well as information about his technical capacity, to make use of the compulsory licence.

2.   Upon request, the Office shall enter a person in the Register of Community Plant Variety Rights if such person has fulfilled the conditions relating to the declaration referred to in paragraph 1. Such person shall not be entitled to make use of the compulsory licence prior to the entry. The entry shall be communicated to that person and the holder.

3.   Article 42(3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to a person entered in the Register of Community Plant Variety Rights pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article. Any judgment, or other termination, of the legal action in respect of the act of infringement shall apply to the other persons entered or to be entered.

4.   The entry referred to in paragraph 2 may be deleted on the sole ground that the specific requirements laid down in the decision on the grant of a compulsory licence or the financial and technical capacities established pursuant to paragraph 2 have undergone change more than one year after the grant of the compulsory licence and within any time limit stipulated in that grant. The deletion of the entry shall be communicated to the person entered and the holder.