Implementing Regulations of the Law on the Protection of New Plant Varieties No.255/1998. Country/Territory Romania Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Intellectual property rights/patents Plant variety Planting material/seeds Plant protection Registration Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union Countries Abstract The Implementing Regulations provides for the recognition and protection of the Breeders' rights on the new plant varieties in Romania, through the concession of a variety patent by the OSIM (State Office for Inventions and Trademarks). Application for the patent shall be addressed to the National Register of Variety Patent (RNCBS) and the patent, when approved and conceded following testing by the State Institute for Testing and Registration of Varieties (I.S.T.I.S.), shall be entered in the Na Full text English References - Legislation Implements Law on the Protection of New Plant Varieties No. 255/1998. Legislation | Romania | 1998 (2011) Keyword: Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Intellectual property rights/patents, Plant variety, Planting material/seeds, Plant protection, Registration, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX