LAW
ON THE PROTECTION OF NEW PLANT VARIETIES
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
New plant varieties (varieties) shall be protected under the provisions of this Law and
of the texts implementing this Law.
Article 2
For the purposes of this Law:
(a) “variety” means a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest
known rank, which grouping, irrespective of whether the conditions for the grant of a
breeder’s right are fully met, can be
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defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from a given
genotype or combination of genotypes,
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distinguished from any other plant grouping by the expression of at least
one of the said characteristics and
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considered as a unit with regard to its suitability for being propagated
unchanged.
(b)
“propagating material for the production of plants” means
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reproductive material such as seed and fruit;
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vegetative propagating material such as plants or parts of plants, cuttings,
tubers, bulbs, rhizomes.
(c)
“breeder” means
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the person who has bred, or discovered and developed, a variety;
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the person who is the employer of the aforementioned person or who has
commissioned the latter’s work, except where otherwise agreed by contract;
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the successor in title of the first or second aforementioned person, as the
case may be.
(d)
“breeder’s right” means the right of the breeder provided for in this Law.