Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Act 1980 (Ratification of UPOV) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 682 of 2011). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant production Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Intellectual property rights/patents Plant variety Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Order provides for the ratification by Ireland of the 1991 revision of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). It also provides that any country that is a member to the Convention shall be a Contracting Party for the purposes of the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Acts 1980 and 1998. Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie References - Legislation Implements Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (No. 24 of 1980). Legislation | Ireland | 1980 (2022) Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant production, Intellectual property rights/patents, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Authorization/permit, Plant variety Source: FAO, FAOLEX Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Act, 1998. Legislation | Ireland | 1998 Keyword: Plant production, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Intellectual property rights/patents, Plant variety Source: FAO, FAOLEX