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Registered Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Small Farmers) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Regulations, 2015 (G.S.I. No. 89 of 2015).

Country/Territory
Guernsey (UK)
Document type
Regulation
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant production Plant variety Planting material/seeds Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Intellectual property rights/patents
Geographical area
Europe, North Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations define "small farmers" for the purpose of establishing which farmers are entitled to exemption from the requirement to pay equitable remuneration, at the time of the use, to the rights holder. Section 18 of the Registered Plant Breeders' Rights (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Ordinance, 2007, provides that plant breeders' rights do not extend to the use by farmers of specified varieties of material for propagating purposes in certain circumstances (farm saved seed). However, a farmer whose use of material is excepted from plant breeders' rights by section 18 is nevertheless required, unless he or she is a small farmer.

Full text
English
Website
www.guernseylegalresources.gg

References - Legislation

Implements

Registered Plant Breeders' Rights (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Ordinance, 2007 (No. IV of 2007).

Legislation | Guernsey (UK) | 2007

Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant production, Plant variety, Planting material/seeds, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Access and benefit-sharing, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Genetic resources, Offences/penalties, Intellectual property rights/patents

Source: FAO, FAOLEX