Geneva, Switzerland
November 2011

UPOV Publication No. 438 (E)
Issue No. 104, November 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEW MEMBERS OF UPOV
PERU
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

EXTENSION OF PROTECTION TO FURTHER GENERA AND SPECIES
CROATIA
KYRGYZSTAN
SOUTH AFRICA

LEGISLATION

FINLAND
PLANT BREEDER'S RIGHT ACT (1279/2009)
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2: PLANT BREEDER'S RIGHT
CHAPTER 3: CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANT OF PLANT BREEDER'S RIGHT
CHAPTER 4: APPROVAL OF PLANT BREEDER'S RIGHT
CHAPTER 5: VARIETY DENOMINATION
CHAPTER 6: LAPSE, ANNULMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PLANT BREEDER'S RIGHT
CHAPTER 7: LICENCE, COMPULSORY LICENCE AND COMPULSORY CROSS-LICENCE
CHAPTER 8: PRIVATE LAW PROTECTION
CHAPTER 9: PENAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 10: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

PERU
DECISION 345 OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT ON THE COMMON PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF BREEDERS OF PLANT VARIETIES OF OCTOBER 21, 1993 (“DECISION 345”)
CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE
CHAPTER II DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER III RECOGNITION OF BREEDERS’ RIGHTS
CHAPTER IV REGISTRATION
CHAPTER V OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF THE BREEDER
CHAPTER VI LICENSING
CHAPTER VII NULLITY AND CANCELLATION
CHAPTER VIII COMPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

PERU
SUPREME DECREE Nº 035-2011-PCM APPROVING THE REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF BREEDERS OF NEW PLANT VARIETIES
REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF BREEDERS OF NEW PLANT VARIETIES
CHAPTER I SCOPE
CHAPTER II COMPETENT AUTHORITY
CHAPTER III RECOGNITION OF BREEDER’S RIGHTS AND REGISTRY OF PROTECTED PLANT VARIETIES
CHAPTER IV BREEDER’S RIGHTS, EXCEPTIONS AND OBLIGATIONS
CHAPTER V FILING OF THE APPLICATION AND ITS ADMISSION OR REFUSAL
CHAPTER VI INFRINGEMENTS
FINAL SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
LAW ON THE BREEDER’S RIGHTS
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
II. CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING OF THE BREEDER’S RIGHT
III. PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING OF THE BREEDER’S RIGHT
IV. THE RIGHTS OF THE BREEDER
V. VARIETY DENOMINATION
VI. NULLITY AND CANCELLATION OF THE BREEDER’S RIGHT
VII. COMPETENT AUTHORITY
VIII. ENFORCEMENT OF BREEDERS’ RIGHTS
IX. SUPERVISION
X. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
XI. TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

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Published: November 4, 2011