---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 97.301"
title: "7"
number: "97.301"
heading: "Commissioner's answer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/97.301"
---

# §97.301. Commissioner's answer.

- (a) The Commissioner may, within such time as may be directed by the Secretary, furnish a written statement to the Secretary in answer to the appellant's petition, including such explanation of the reasons for the action as may be necessary and supplying a copy to the appellant.
- (b) Within 20 days from the date of such answer, the appellant may file a reply statement directed only to such new points of argument as may be raised in the Commissioner's answer.

## 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.