Plant Variety Patent Law (No. 3725-XII of 1995). Country/Territory Belarus Document type Legislation Date 1995 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant variety Certification Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Basic legislation Plant production Intellectual property rights/patents Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia Entry into force notes This Law commenced on 1 July 1995. Abstract This Law concerns the protection of plant varieties in Belarus. Article 2 includes a list of definitions of terms used within the Act including " protected variety" that means a variety registered in the Official Register of Protected Varieties of the Republic of Belarus and "creator (breeder) of a variety" that means the person who, by his creative activity, bred the variety. A variety shall be granted legal protection where the variety is new, distinct, uniform and stable (art. 2). The variety shall be deemed to be distinct if it is clearly distinguishable from any other variety whose existence, at the date of the filing of the application. The right to a variety is protected by the State and shall be attested by a plant variety patent issued by the State Patent Office. The plant patent shall produce its effects for 25 years following the date of registration of the variety in the Register of Protected Varieties (art. 3). There are detailed provisions relating to the rights and duties of owners of plant patents (art. 6). The performance of any legal acts in relation to plant patents shall be subject to the payment of plant patent fees and charges (art. 37). Full text English References - Legislation Implemented by Regulation No. 93 on the modalities of filling in and submitting the application for obtaining plant variety patent. Legislation | Belarus | 1996 Keyword: Intellectual property rights/patents, Crops/grasses, Plant variety Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ministerial Decree No. 526 on the arrangements for the implementation of Plant Variety Patent Law. Legislation | Belarus | 1995 Keyword: Intellectual property rights/patents, Plant variety Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Law No. 291-Z amending Plant Variety Patent Law (No. 3725-XII of 1995). Legislation | Belarus | 2004 Keyword: Intellectual property rights/patents, Planting material/seeds, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX