Procedures for the Examination and Registration of an Application for the Granting of Breeder's Rights

Issued pursuant to
Section 14, Paragraph one of
the Plant Varieties Protection Law

1. These Regulations prescribe the procedures, by which the State Plant Protection Service (hereinafter - Service) examines and registers applications for the granting of breeder's rights (hereinafter - application).

2. The Service shall examine the received application within a time period of one month, examine information provided therein and notify the applicant in writing regarding registration of the application or a refusal to register the application.

3. If the information specified in Section 14, Paragraph three of the Plant Varieties Protection Law has not been indicated or all the necessary documents have not been submitted, the Service shall inform the applicant about it in writing and request a re-submission of the application or the necessary documents within a time period of 20 working days after receipt of the information.

4. If an applicant has not eliminated the deficiencies referred to in Paragraph 3 of these Regulations within a time period of 20 working days, the Service shall not register the application.

5. In registering an application, the Service shall make a note regarding registration thereon and make an entry in a register of applications, indicating the registration date, number of the application, Latvian name of the plant species, name of the variety, given name, surname or name of the applicant.

6. The Service shall inform the applicant about registration of the application within a time period of 5 working days.

7. The Service shall publish in the newspaper "Latvijas Vēstnesis" [the official Gazette of the Government of Latvia] and the periodic publication "Latvijas Augu Šķirņu Biļetens" [Bulletin of Latvian Plant Varieties] the following information regarding the registered applications:

7.1. the registration number and date of the application;

7.2. the given name, surname or name and address of the breeder and authorised representative;

7.3. the Latvian and Latin name of the plant species;

7.4. the applied name of the variety; and

7.5. the international code of the state.

Prime Minister A. Kalvītis

Minister for Agriculture M. Roze

Translation © 2007 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre)