Article 74

1.   Where the appointment of a procedural representative is notified to the Office, the necessary signed credentials shall be presented for inclusion in the files within such period as the Office may specify unless otherwise provided. If the credentials are not filed in due time, any procedural step taken by the procedural representative shall be deemed not to have been taken.

2.   Credentials may cover one or more proceedings. General credentials enabling a procedural representative to act in all the proceedings of the party giving the credentials may be filed. A single document embodying the general credentials shall be sufficient.

3.   The President of the Office may determine the contents of, and make available, forms for credentials, including the general credentials referred to in paragraph 2, free of charge.

4.  The entry of a procedural representative in the Register of Applications for Community Plant Variety Rights shall be deleted:

(a) in the event of the death or legal incapacity of the procedural representative;

(b) where the procedural representative is no longer domiciled or no longer has his seat or establishment within the European Union;

(c) where the procedural representative is no longer appointed by the party to the proceedings and the party has informed the Office accordingly.