Law No. 864-VIII amending Law No. 411-IV on seeds and planting material. Country/Territory Ukraine Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Intellectual property rights/patents Plant variety Planting material/seeds Registration Cereals/grains/rice Crops/grasses Vegetables/legumes Plant production Agricultural commodities Geographical area Black Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia Entry into force notes This Law enters into force six months after the date of its official publication. Abstract Amendments to the Law No. 411-IV on seeds and planting material regard terminology use, protection of intellectual property rights to seeds and planting material, the competence of state bodies and institutions in the sphere of seeds and planting material. Intellectual property rights to plant varieties, seeds and planting material shall be registered by the competent state body in accordance with the application submitted by the inventor (author) of plant variety. The right to distribute the variety in Ukraine arises from the date of the decision on the state registration of the proprietary right of intellectual property to spread the variety. Regarding varieties of genera and species not included in the list of genera and species whose varieties undergo an examination for the suitability of the variety for distribution approved by the Competent Authority, the decision on the state registration of the rights to the variety is simultaneously a decision on the state registration of the variety. The owner of the intellectual property rights for the distribution of the variety has the right to transfer his right to distribute the variety on the basis of the contract to any person. The Law lists cereals, grains, crops, grasses and legumes that can be grown freely by smallholders without infringement of intellectual property rights and patents. Full text Ukrainian Website zakon3.rada.gov.ua References - Legislation Amends Law No. 411-IV on seeds and planting material. Legislation | Ukraine | 2002 (2012) Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Basic legislation, Plant production, Plant variety, Floriculture, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX