Law on Plant Variety Protection. Country/Territory Slovenia Document type Legislation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Uradni list Republike Slovenije No. 86, 18 December 1998. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Basic legislation Plant protection Plant variety Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Intellectual property rights/patents Registration Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Law shall enter into force on 2 January 1999. Abstract This Law sets out rules and procedure for the protection of new plant varieties and granting and protection of plant breeder's rights. The 57 Articles of the text are divided into 11 Parts: General Provisions (1), Conditions for Variety Protection (2), Person Entitled to the Variety Protection and to Plant Breeder's Right (3), Plant Breeder's Right (4), The Procedure for Variety Protection (5), Transfer of the Plant Breeder's Right and Assignment of the Use of Plant Breeder's Right (6), Obligations of the User of the Plant Breeder's Right and of the Third Persons (7), Judicial Protection (8), Control (9), Penal Provisions (10) and Transitional and Final Provisions (11). Full text English References - Legislation Implemented by Regulation on methods of testing the distinctness, uniformity and stability of new varieties of plants. Legislation | Slovenia | 1999 Keyword: Plant protection, Plant variety Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on the protection of new varieties of plants. Legislation | Slovenia | 1999 Keyword: Plant protection, Plant variety, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on conditions of using the crop of protected variety for further sowing. Legislation | Slovenia | 1999 Keyword: Plant protection, Plant variety Source: FAO, FAOLEX