Article 3
National Treatment; Reciprocity
(1) Without prejudice to the rights specially provided for in this Convention, natural
and legal persons resident or having their registered office in one of the member States of the
Union shall, in so far as the recognition and protection of the right of the breeder are
concerned, enjoy in the other member States of the Union the same treatment as is accorded or
may hereafter be accorded by the respective laws of such States to their own nationals,
provided that such persons comply with the conditions and formalities imposed on such
nationals.
(2) Nationals of member States of the Union not resident or having their registered
office in one of those States shall likewise enjoy the same rights provided that they fulfil such
obligations as may be imposed on them for the purpose of enabling the varieties which they
have bred to be examined and the multiplication of such varieties to be checked.