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A system for the protection of plant variety rights has been established by Community legislation.
The system allows intellectual property rights, valid throughout the Community, to be granted for plant varieties.
The Community plant variety right (CPVR) is a form of intellectual property akin to a patent.
The
Community
Plant Variety Office (CPVO) in Angers (France) implements and applies this scheme. On the basis of
one application to the CPVO, a breeder may be granted a single intellectual property right operative throughout
the European Community. The system is based on the four underlying Regulations:
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Council
Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July
1994 on Community plant variety rights
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Commission Regulation (EC)N° 874/2009
of 17 september 2009 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards proceedings before the Community Plant Variety Office;
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Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1238/95 of 31 May 1995
establishing implementing rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EC) No
2100/94 as regards the fees payable to the
Community Plant Variety Office, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) N° 572/2008 of 19 June 2008, as regards the level of the annual fee and the fees relating to technical examination, payable to the Community Plant Variety Office, and the manner of payment.
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Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 of 24 July
1995 implementing rules on the agricultural
exemption provided for in Article 14 (3) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on
Community plant variety rights, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) N° 2605/98 of 3 December 1998 .
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