International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Print this pageINTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS of December 2, 1961, as Revised at Geneva on November 10, 1972, on October 23, 1978, and on March 19, 1991
Chapter I - Definitions
Chapter II - General obligations of the contracting parties
Article 2 - Basic Obligation of the Contracting Parties
Article 3 - Genera and Species to be Protected
Article 4 - National Treatment
Chapter III - Conditions for the grant of the breeder's right
Article 5 - Conditions of Protection
Chapter IV - Application for the grant of the breeder's right
Article 10 - Filing of Applications
Article 11 - Right of Priority
Article 12 - Examination of the Application
Article 13 - Provisional Protection
Chapter V - The rights of the breeder
Article 14 - Scope of the Breeder's Right
Article 15 - Exceptions to the Breeder's Right
Article 16 - Exhaustion of the Breeder's Right
Article 17 - Restrictions on the Exercise of the Breeder's Right
Article 18 - Measures Regulating Commerce
Article 19 - Duration of the Breeder's Right
Chapter VI - Variety denomination
Chapter VII - Nullity and cancellation of the breeder's right
Article 21 - Nullity of the Breeder's Right
Article 22 - Cancellation of the Breeder's Right
Chapter VIII - The Union
Article 24 - Legal Status and Seat
Article 27 - The Office of the Union
Chapter IX - Implementation of the convention; other agreements
Article 30 - Implementation of the Convention
Article 31 - Relations Between Contracting Parties and States Bound by Earlier Acts
Article 32 - Special Agreements
Chapter X - Final provisions
Article 34 - Ratification, Acceptance or Approval; Accession
Article 37 - Entry into Force; Closing of Earlier Acts
Article 38 - Revision of the Convention
Article 40 - Preservation of Existing Rights
Article 41 - Original and Official Texts of the Convention
Article 42 - Depositary Functions
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