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International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (consolidated version)

Document type
Multilateral
Field of application
Global
Date
Mar 19, 1991
Source
IUCN (ID: TRE-001119)
Title (French)

Convention internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales (version consolidée)

Title (Other)

Internationales Übereinkommen zum Schutz von Pflanzenzüchtungen (geänderte Fassung)

Place of adoption
Geneva
Depository
UPOV Int. Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Language
English, French, German
Entry into force
Apr 24, 1998
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Institution Plant production Plant protection Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Intellectual property rights/patents Plant variety Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Crops/grasses
Abstract

Objective: To recognise and protect the rights of breeders of new varieties of plants and their successors in title, and to do so in a harmonised way.

Summary of provisions: The breeder has a right to authorise specified acts of production or commercial marketing of the new variety. These rights may only be restricted for reasons of public interest, and the breeder must receive equitable remuneration in certain cases. Titles of protection are issued after official examination of the variety. Titles are granted for a limited period. Nationals of Member States of the Union enjoy the same treatment. The Convention also provides for annulment and forfeiture of the rights protected as well as for the denomination of the new varieties.

Institutional mechanisms: The Parties constitute a Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) and set up its organs.

This abstract takes into account amendments from 1972, 1978, 1991.

(Source: IUCN ELC, 08.2005, based on UNEP Register of International Treaties and Other Agreements in the Field of the Environment, 1996)

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Website
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