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Law No. 451 A-IS on the protection of selection achievements.

Pays/Territoire
Géorgie
Type du document
Législation
Date
1996
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Agriculture et développement rural, Plantes cultivées
Mot clé
Droits de propriété intellectuelle/brevets Certification Enregistrement Matériel de reproduction/semences Production végétale
Aire géographique
Asie, Mer Noire, Europe de l'Est, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Asie Occidentale
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Résumé

This Law provides for the legal protection of certified selection achievements. Certificates issued by the Commission on examination and protection of selection achievements under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food shall be registered with the State Register of Certified Selection Achievements. Such certificates shall be valid for 30 years from the date of registration of the Selection Achievement in the State Register. In cases of vines, fruit, or decorative plants, tea, subtropical crops and wood trees, including their seedlings, certificates shall be valid for 35 years. Criteria for protection as a selection achievement are: (a) innovation; (b) diversity; (c) uniformity; and (d) stability. Applications for a Selection Achievement Certificate shall contain: (a) request for certificate; (b) selection achievement specifications; and (c) certificate fee receipt or notification of exemption. The Register shall contain: (a) genus and species of the plant or animal; (b) title of the selection achievement; (c) date and number of registration; (d) name and address of the certificate holder; (e) name and address of the author of the selection achievement; (f) copy of the selection achievement certificate transfer act and name and address of the transferee; (g) information about the licences; and (h) reasons for the expiration or termination of the certificate and related information.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.tech.org.ge