53. Volume 13- Number 1 - IP Australia

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 2000 VOL 13 NO. 1
UKRAINE
State Patent Office of Ukraine
8 Lvov Square
254655 Kiev 53, GSP- 655
Phone: (880 44) 212 50 82
Fax: (880 44) 212 34 49
UNITED KINGDOM
The Plant Variety Rights Office
White House Lane
Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 OLF
Phone: (44 1223) 34 23 81
Fax: (44 1223) 34 23 86
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(For PVP)
The Commissioner
Plant Variety Protection Office
Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351
Phone: ( 1 301) 504 55 18
Fax: (1 301) 504 52 91
(For Plant Patent)
The Commissioner of Patents and
Trademarks
Patent and Trade Mark Office
Box 4
Washington DC 20231
Phone: ( 1 703) 305 93 00
Fax: (1 703) 305 88 85
URUGUAY
Ministerio de Ganaderia, Agricultura
y Pesca
Direccion General -Servicios
Agricolas
Unidad de Semillas
Ava. Milan 4703
12.900 Montevideo
Ireland 2,4
Israel 3
Italy 2,4
Japan 3
Phone: (59 82) 309 79 24
Fax: ( 59 82) 39 60 53
EUROPEAN UNION
(for applications filed within the EU)
Community Plant Variety Office
P.O. Box 2141
F-49021 Angers Cedex
FRANCE
Phone: ( 33 2) 41 36 84 50
Fax: ( 33 2) 41 36 84 60
CURRENT STATUS OF PLANT
VARIETY PROTECTION
LEGISLATURE IN UPOV
MEMBER COUNTRIES
Argentina 2
Australia 3
Austria 2,4
Belgium 1,4
Bolivia 2
Brazil 2
Bulgaria 3
Canada 2
Chile 2
China 2
Columbia 2
Czech Republic 2
Denmark 3,4
Ecuador 2
Finland 2,4
France 2,4
Germany 3,4
Hungary 2
Kenya 2
Mexico 2
Netherlands 3,4
New Zealand 2
Norway 2
Panama 2
Paraguay 2
Poland 2,5
Portugal 2,4
Republic of Moldova 3
Russian Federation 3
Slovakia 2,5
Slovenia 5
South Africa 2,5
Spain 1,4
Sweden 3,4
Switzerland 2
Trinidad and Tobago 2
Ukraine 2
United Kingdom 3,4
USA 3
Uruguay 2
(Total 44)
1 Bound by the 1961 Act as amended
by the Additional Act of 1972.
2 Bound by the 1978 Act.
3 Bound by the 1991 Act.
4 Member of the European Community
which has introduced a
(supranational) Community plant
variety rights system based upon the
1991 Act.
5 Has already amended its law to
conform to the 1991 Act; most other
states are in the process of doing so.
APPENDIX 6
CENTRALISED TESTING CENTRES
Under Plant Breeder’s Rights Regulations introduced in
1996, establishments may be officially authorised by the
PBR office to conduct test growings. An authorised
establishment will be known as Centralised Test Centre
(CTC).
Usually, the implementation of PBR in Australia relies on a
‘breeder testing’ system in which the applicant, in
conjunction with a nominated Qualified Person (QP),
establishes, conducts and reports a comparative trial. More
often than not, trials by several breeders are being
conducted concurrently at different sites. This makes valid
comparisons difficult and often results in costly duplication.
While the current system is and will remain satisfactory,
other optional testing methods are now available which will
add flexibility to the PBR process.
Centralised Testing is one such optional system. It is based
upon the authorisation of private or public establishments to
test one or more genera of plants. Applicants can choose to
submit their varieties for testing by a CTC or continue to do
the test themselves. Remember, using a CTC to test your
variety is voluntary.
The use of CTCs recognises the advantages of testing a
larger number of candidate varieties (with a larger number
of comparators) in a single comprehensive trial. Not only is
there an increase in scientific rigour but there are substantial
economies of scale and commensurate cost savings. A CTC
will establish, conduct and report each trial on behalf of the
applicant.
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