Ministerial Decree of 22 October 1976 implementing Presidential Decree No. 974 of 12 August 1975 on the Protection of New Plant Varieties. Country/Territory Italy Document type Regulation Date 1976 (1986) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 15, 18 January 1977. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant production Plant variety Planting material/seeds Intellectual property rights/patents Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The application for a patent for a new plant variety shall include: the name, first name, nationality and residence of the applicant and the name of his representative, if any the indication, in the form of a title, of the botanical name in Italian and Latin of the genus and/or species to which the plant variety belongs, and, in brief and concise terms, of its essential distinctive botanical characteristics; the indication of the denomination that the applicant proposes to give the variety; the indication of the breeder or breeders of the new plant variety; other indications that, in accordance with the legislative provisions concerning patents for industrial inventions, and a list of the documents enclosed. Full text Italian References - Legislation Implements Presidential Decree No. 974 on the protection of new plant varieties. Legislation | Italy | 1975 (1985) Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant variety, Planting material/seeds, Intellectual property rights/patents, International trade, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX