Notwithstanding Article 10 (1) (a) and without prejudice to the provisions of Article 10 (2) and (3), a variety shall be deemed to be new also in cases where variety constituents or harvested material thereof have not been sold or otherwise disposed of to others, by or with the consent of the breeder, within the territory of the Community for purposes of exploitation of the variety, earlier than four years, in the case of trees or of vines earlier than six years, before the entry into force of this Regulation, if the date of application is within one year of that date.
Ne glede na člen 10(1)(a) in brez poseganja v določbe člena 10(2) in (3) velja na ozemlju Skupnosti sorta za novo tudi v primerih, ko sestavin sort ali njihovega pridelanega materiala žlahtnitelj ni prodal, kako drugače oddal drugim ali se strinjal s tem za namene izkoriščanja sorte prej kot v štirih letih, pri drevesih in vinski trti prej kot v šestih letih pred začetkom veljavnosti te uredbe, če je datum prijave manj kot eno leto po tem datumu.