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Act containing new rules relative to admission of varieties, the placing on the market of plant reproduction material and the granting of plant breeders' rights (Seeds and Planting Material Act 2005).

Country/Territory
Netherlands
Document type
Legislation
Date
2005 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Basic legislation Plant production Planting material/seeds Plant variety Institution Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Registration Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Internal trade Intellectual property rights/patents
Geographical area
Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

This Act provides for proprietary rights relating to and trade in plants or parts thereof that are intended for cultivation by planting or sowing or by any other means ("plant propagating material"), and for matters related therewith. It implements provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of plants as revised in 1979. The Act establishes a Council for Plant Varieties which shall register plants varieties in the plant varieties register.

Full text
Dutch
Website
www.overheid.nl

References - Legislation

Repeals

Seeds and Planting Material Act.

Legislation | Netherlands | 1966 (1999)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Plant variety, Institution, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Registration, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Internal trade, Intellectual property rights/patents

Source: FAO, FAOLEX