(1) Where an invention is based on biological material of plant or animal origin or if it uses such material, the application is, as a rule, to include information on the geographical origin of such material, if known. This is without prejudice to the examination of applications or the validity of rights arising from granted patents.
(2) If the application includes information on geographical origin pursuant to subsection (1) sentence 1, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office notifies this application to the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation as the competent authority within the meaning of section 6 (1) of the Act Implementing the Obligations Under the Nagoya Protocol and Transposing Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 of 25 November 2015 (Gesetz zur Umsetzung der Verpflichtungen nach dem Nagoya-Protokoll und der Durchführung der Verordnung (EU) Nr. 511/2014) (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 2092) following publication of the information pursuant to section 32 (5).