Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry amending the Decree on the catalogue of plant varieties (No. 16 of 2008). Country/Territory Finland Document type Regulation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant production Planting material/seeds Plant variety Classification/declassification Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Intellectual property rights/patents Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Decree amends the Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on the catalogue of plant varieties in Schedule 2 (the list of species that shall comply with the protocols of the Community Plant Variety Office) and Schedule 3 (the list of species that shall comply with the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) test guidelines). Full text Swedish Website www.finlex.fi References - Legislation Implements Commission Directive 2007/48/EC amending Directive 2003/90/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species. Legislation | European Union | 2007 Keyword: Plant production, Plant variety, Planting material/seeds, Cereals/grains/rice, Sugar cane/sugar beet, Vegetables/legumes, Crops/grasses, Agricultural commodities Source: FAO, FAOLEX Commission Directive 2007/49/EC amending Directive 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of vegetable species. Legislation | European Union | 2007 Keyword: Plant production, Plant variety, Planting material/seeds, Vegetables/legumes Source: FAO, FAOLEX Commission Directive 2008/83/EC amending Directive 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of vegetable species. Legislation | European Union | 2008 Keyword: Plant variety Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amends Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on the catalogue of plant varieties (No. 51 of 2004). Legislation | Finland | 2004 Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Plant variety, Certification, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Intellectual property rights/patents Source: FAO, FAOLEX