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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