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No. 99 – September 2005 PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION 31 SWITZERLAND Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft Büro für Sortenschutz Mattenhofstr. 5 CH-3003 Bern Tel. (41-31) 322 25 24 Fax (41-31) 322 26 34 e-mail: manuela.brand@blw.admin.ch website: www.blw.admin.ch TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Controller Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Legal Affairs 72-74 South Quay Port of Spain Tel. (1-868) 625 99 72, 627 95 67 Fax (1-868) 624 12 21 e-mail: info@ipo.gov.tt TUNISIA Direction générale de la protection et du contrôle de la qualité des produits agricoles Service d’homologation et de protection des obtentions végétales 30, rue Alain Savary 1002 Tunis Tel. (216 71) 788979 / 800419 Fax (216 71) 784419 UKRAINE State Services for Plant Variety Rights Protection 15, Henerala Rodimtseva str. 03041 Kyiv Tel. (380-44) 257 99 33 Fax (380-44) 257 99 34 e-mail: sops@sops.gov.ua website: http://www.sops.gov.ua/index.htm UNITED KINGDOM Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) The Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division White House Lane Huntingdon Road Cambridge CB3 0LF Tel. (44-1223) 34 23 81 Telex 817 422 pvscam g Fax (44-1223) 34 23 86 e-mail: mike.wray@defra.gsi.gov.uk website: www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pvs/default.htm UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Box 4 Washington, D.C. 20231 Tel. (1-703) 305 93 00 Telex 710 955 06 71 Fax (1-703) 305 88 85 website: http://www.uspto.gov The Commissioner Plant Variety Protection Office Agricultural Marketing Service Department of Agriculture Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351 Tel. (1-301) 504 55 18 Fax (1-301) 504 52 91 website: http://www.ams.usda.gov/science/pvpo/ pvpindex.htm URUGUAY Instituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE) Cno. Bertolotti s/n y R-8 km. 28.8 – Pando - Canelones Dirección Postal: Casilla de Correos 7731 Pando 90.000 Canelones Tel. (598-2) 288 7099 Fax (598-2) 288 7077 e-mail: inasepre@adinet.com.uy website: www.chasque.apc.org/inase UZBEKISTAN State Patent Office 2a, Toitepa St. 700047 Tashkent Tel. (998 71) 13200 13 Fax. (998 71) 13345 56 e-mail: info@patent.uz
32 PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION No. 99 – September 2005 Based on Articles 78, 81, point 1 and Article 83, point 1 of the Constitution, upon the proposal of the Council of Ministers, THE PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA D E C I D E D: CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 The goal The purpose of this Law is to protect the rights of the persons who breed, discover and develop new varieties of plants. Article 2 Subjects for Law application The provisions of this Law are applicable to legal and physical persons, Albanian citizens or foreigners, and legal and physical persons who are citizens of: a) contracting parties or states that are parties in international treaties and conventions for the protection of plant varieties, where the Republic of Albania adhere to; b) states that adopt the principles of reciprocity. For the purpose of this Law: Article 3 Definitions 1. “Breeder” means a physical or legal person, or any employee who has bred, discovered and developed a new plant variety. LEGISLATION ALBANIA LAW No. 8880* OF APRIL 15, 2002, ON PLANT BREEDER’S RIGHT * Adopted on April 15, 2002. Translation provided by the Government of Albania. 2. “Breeder’s right” means the rights provided by this Law to the breeder who has bred, discovered and developed a new variety, as well as the rights of a successor in title. 3. “Variety” means a plant grouping within a botanical taxon of the lowest known rank, which is given when it satisfies the requirements for granting breeder’s right, and might be: a) defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from a given genotype or combination of genotypes; b) distinguished from any other plant grouping by the expression of at least one of the said characteristics; c) considered as a unit with regard to its suitability for being propagated unchanged. 4. “NSI” is the National Seed and Seedlings Institute in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 5. “SCVA” is the State Commission for Variety Attestation that operates within the NSI, and examines and qualifies or not new varieties, which are recorded in the register for the breeder’s right. 6. “Board of appeal” is the body that has the task to examine the applicant claims for the decisions of the SCVA on the breeder’s right. 7. “Patent” means the legal document that certifies the breeder’s right and the denomination of the variety. 8. “Contracting party” means a state (other than the Republic of Albania) or any intergovernmental organization, which is a party to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. 9. “possessor or owner” means the person who has been granted the breeder’s right, in compliance with the provisions of this Law. 10. “Applicant” is the person who has filed an application to the responsible agency for granting the breeder’s right. 11. “Successor in title” means the inheritor of the breeder’s right. Law No. 8880 of Plant Breeder’s Right - page 1 ALBANIA
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