Article 25

The staff of the Examination Office responsible for the technical examination and the rapporteur designated in accordance with Article 8(1) shall cooperate in all phases of a technical examination. Cooperation shall cover at least the following aspects:

(a) the monitoring of the conduct of the technical examination, including the inspection of the locations of the test plots and the methods used for the tests by the rapporteur;

(b) without prejudice to other investigations by the Office, information from the Examination Office about details of any previous disposal of the variety; and

(c) the submission by the Examination Office to the Office of interim reports on each growing period.