Priority

(1) The applicant may avail himself of the priority of an earlier application (hereinafter referred to as the “right of priority”) that has been duly filed for the same variety by himself or by his predecessor in title with the Authority of a Contracting Party. (2) Where the application filed with the Registrar is preceded by several such applications, priority may be based only on the earliest application. (3) The right of priority shall be expressly claimed in the application filed with the Registrar and may only be claimed within a period of twelve months from the date of filing of the earliest application, but the day of filing shall not be included in the said period.