---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 97.200"
title: "7"
number: "97.200"
heading: "Protests to the grant of a certificate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/97.200"
---

# §97.200. Protests to the grant of a certificate.


Opposition on the part of any person to the granting of a certificate shall be permitted while an application is pending and for a period not to exceed 5 years following the issuance of a certificate.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Plant Variety Protection Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 42435, Aug. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted.