Article 4
Botanical Genera and Species Which Must or May be Protected
(1) This Convention may be applied to all botanical genera and species.
(2) The member States of the Union undertake to adopt all measures necessary for the
progressive application of the provisions of this Convention to the largest possible number of
botanical genera and species.
(3) (a) Each member State of the Union shall, on the entry into force of this
Convention in its territory, apply the provisions of this Convention to at least five genera or
species.
(b) Subsequently, each member State of the Union shall apply the said provisions
to additional genera or species within the following periods from the date of the entry into
force of this Convention in its territory:
(i) within three years, to at least ten genera or species in all;
(ii) within six years, to at least eighteen genera or species in all;
(iii) within eight years, to at least twenty-four genera or species in all.
(c) If a member State of the Union has limited the application of this Convention
within a genus or species in accordance with the provisions of Article 2(2), that genus or
species shall nevertheless, for the purposes of subparagraph (a) and subparagraph (b), be
considered as one genus or species.
(4) At the request of any State intending to ratify, accept, approve or accede to this
Convention, the Council may, in order to take account of special economic or ecological
conditions prevailing in that State, decide, for the purpose of that State, to reduce the
minimum numbers referred to in paragraph (3), or to extend the periods referred to in that
paragraph, or to do both.
(5) At the request of any member State of the Union, the Council may, in order to take
account of special difficulties encountered by that State in the fulfilment of the obligations
under paragraph (3)(b), decide, for the purposes of that State, to extend the periods referred to
in paragraph (3)(b).
Article 4
Botanical Genera and Species Which Must or May be Protected
(1) This Convention may be applied to all botanical genera and species.
(2) The member States of the Union undertake to adopt all measures necessary for the
progressive application of the provisions of this Convention to the largest possible number of
botanical genera and species.
(3) (a) Each member State of the Union shall, on the entry into force of this
Convention in its territory, apply the provisions of this Convention to at least five genera or
species.
(b) Subsequently, each member State of the Union shall apply the said provisions
to additional genera or species within the following periods from the date of the entry into
force of this Convention in its territory:
(i) within three years, to at least ten genera or species in all;
(ii) within six years, to at least eighteen genera or species in all;
(iii) within eight years, to at least twenty-four genera or species in all.
(c) If a member State of the Union has limited the application of this Convention
within a genus or species in accordance with the provisions of Article 2(2), that genus or
species shall nevertheless, for the purposes of subparagraph (a) and subparagraph (b), be
considered as one genus or species.
(4) At the request of any State intending to ratify, accept, approve or accede to this
Convention, the Council may, in order to take account of special economic or ecological
conditions prevailing in that State, decide, for the purpose of that State, to reduce the
minimum numbers referred to in paragraph (3), or to extend the periods referred to in that
paragraph, or to do both.
(5) At the request of any member State of the Union, the Council may, in order to take
account of special difficulties encountered by that State in the fulfilment of the obligations
under paragraph (3)(b), decide, for the purposes of that State, to extend the periods referred to
in paragraph (3)(b).
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