First Act amending the Plant Varieties Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 1992 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 17, 7 April 1992, pp. 727 and 728. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant production Plant variety Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The amendment of the above-mentioned Act introduces some amendments to the Plant Varieties Act of 11 December 1985 (BGBl. I p. 2170). The amendments concern article 1 on "Conditions for plant protection", article 6 dealing with "New varieties", article 13 on "Duration of protection periods", article 41 on "Transitional provisions". The Act consists of 5 articles. Full text German