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Rules for the Regulations on Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Forestry Part).

Country/Territory
China
Document type
Regulation
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant variety Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Certification Intellectual property rights/patents
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

These Regulations aim to protect new varieties of plants in China. The State Forestry Administration shall receive and examine applications for rights in new varieties of plants. The variety rights holder shall on receipt of certification pay an annual fee within 3 months (art. 37). The State Forestry Administration shall regularly publish a gazette on the protection of new varieties of plants in which relevant data concerning the application, grant, succession and termination in respect of the variety rights are published (art. 62).

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