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PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION GAZETTE AND NEWSLETTER No. 107 – February 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW MEMBER OF UPOV 3 AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (OAPI) .................................................... 3 NOTIFICATIONS CONCERNING GENERA AND SPECIES 4 AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (OAPI) .................................................... 4 BRAZIL ...................................................................................................................................... 4 BULGARIA .................................................................................................................................. 7 SINGAP0RE ................................................................................................................................ 7 SOUTH AFRICA .......................................................................................................................... 8 LEGISLATION 19 AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (OAPI) .................................................. 19 AGREEMENT REVISING THE BANGUI AGREEMENT OF MARCH 2, 1977, ON THE CREATION OF AN AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION* (BANGUI (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC), FEBRUARY 24, 1999) ............... 19 AUSTRALIA .............................................................................................................................. 55 PLANT BREEDER’S RIGHTS ACT 1994 (CONSOLIDATED TEXT OF 2013 WITH AMENDMENTS UP TO 2012) .................. 55 FRANCE .................................................................................................................................. 102 LAW OF NOVEMBER 28, 2011 ON CERTIFICATES OF NEW PLANT VARIETY, PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE ON DECEMBER 8, 2011, AMENDING THE CODE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (2011) ........................................ 102 GEORGIA ............................................................................................................................... 115 LAW OF GEORGIA ON NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS AND VARIETIES OF PLANTS (AS LAST AMENDED IN 2010) ............... 115 LITHUANIA ............................................................................................................................ 130 LAW ON THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES OF 1994 (AS LAST AMENDED IN 2012) .................................... 130 No. 107 – February 2015 PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION GAZETTE AND NEWSLETTER PANAMA ................................................................................................................................. 147 LAW NO. 63 OF OCTOBER 5, 2012 AMENDING ARTICLES OF LAW NO. 23 OF 1997 ON STANDARDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS ....................................................................................... 147 SINGAPORE ........................................................................................................................... 160 PLANT VARIETIES PROTECTION ACT (CHAPTER 232A) (AS LAST AMENDED IN 2014) ....................................... 160 PLANT VARIETIES PROTECTION RULES .............................................................................................. 199 2 PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION GAZETTE AND NEWSLETTER No. 107 – February 2015 NEW MEMBER OF UPOV AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (OAPI)1 On June 10, 2014, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) deposited its instrument of accession to the International 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. The Convention entered into force for OAPI one month after the deposit of its instrument of accession, i.e. on July 10, 2014. On that date, OAPI became the seventy-second member of the Union. OAPI operates a plant variety rights system which covers the territory of its 17 member States (member States of OAPI: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo). 1 Pursuant to Article 34 (3) of the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention, any State which is not a member of the Union and any intergovernmental organization shall, before depositing its instrument of accession, ask the Council of UPOV to advise it in respect of the conformity of its laws with the provisions of the UPOV Convention. If the decision embodying the advice is positive, the instrument of accession may be deposited. The positive advice of the Council of UPOV concerning the legislation of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) is contained in paragraph 34 of document C(Extr.)/17/3 (http://www.upov.int/edocs/mdocs/upov/en/c_extr_17/c_extr_17_3.pdf). 3 No. 107 – February 2015 PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION GAZETTE AND NEWSLETTER NOTIFICATIONS CONCERNING GENERA AND SPECIES AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (OAPI) On June 10, 2014, the Office of the Union received a notification that the legislation governing breeders’ rights of OAPI applied to all genera and species since January 1, 2006. BRAZIL On January 23, 2015, the Office of the Union received a notification that the legislation governing breeders’ rights of Brazil applies to the following consolidated list of genera and species: Common name Year of Date of TAXA UPOV Code Group (portuguese) inclusion inclusion Gossypium hirsutum L. GOSSY_HIR ALGODÃO GRANDES CULTURAS 1997 07-11-97 Oryza sativa L. ORYZA_SAT ARROZ GRANDES CULTURAS 1997 05-11-97 Solanum tuberosum L. SOLAN_TUB BATATA GRANDES CULTURAS 1997 05-11-97 Phaseolus vulgaris L. (feijão PHASE_VUL FEIJÃO COMUM GRANDES CULTURAS 1997 05-11-97 comum) Zea mays L. ZEAAA_MAY MILHO GRANDES CULTURAS 1997 05-11-97 Sorghum Moench SRGHM SORGO GRANDES CULTURAS 1997 07-11-97 Triticum aestivum L. TRITI_AES TRIGO GRANDES CULTURAS 1997 05-11-97 Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf SRGHM_DRU Capim sudão FORRAGEIRAS 1997 07-11-97 Saccharum L. SACCH Cana-de-açúcar GRANDES CULTURAS 1998 05-03-98 Coffea arabica L. COFFE_ARA CAFÉ GRANDES CULTURAS 2000 21-11-00 Coffea arabica L. x Coffea COFFE_ACA CAFÉ GRANDES CULTURAS 2000 21-11-00 canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. COFFE_CAN CAFÉ GRANDES CULTURAS 2000 21-11-00 Froehner Malus Mill. MALUS MAÇÃ (porta enxerto) FRUTÍFERAS 2000 24-11-00 Malus Mill. MALUS Maçã frutífera FRUTÍFERAS 2000 29-06-00 Lactuca sativa L. LACTU_SAT ALFACE OLERÍCOLAS 2001 01-06-01 Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. UROCH_BRI Brachiaria brizantha FORRAGEIRAS 2001 16-04-01 Rich.) Stapf Brachiaria humidicola (Rendle) UROCH_HUM Brachiaria humidicola FORRAGEIRAS 2001 16-04-01 Schweick. Brachiaria ruziziensis x B. brizantha UROCH_RBR Brachiaria ruziziensis x FORRAGEIRAS 2001 16-04-01 B. brizantha Brachiaria ruziziensis x B. UROCH_RDB Brachiaria ruziziensis x FORRAGEIRAS 2001 16-04-01 decumbens x B. brizantha B. decumbens x B. brizantha Panicum maximum Jacq. PANIC_MAX CAPIM COLONIÃO FORRAGEIRAS 2001 16-04-01 Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. PENNI_PUR CAPIM ELEFANTE FORRAGEIRAS 2001 16-04-01 Pennisetun purpureum X P. glaucum PENNI_PGL CAPIM ELEFANTE FORRAGEIRAS 2001 16-04-01 Daucus carota L. DAUCU_CAR CENOURA OLERÍCOLAS 2001 27-07-01 Vitis L. VITIS Videira FRUTÍFERAS 2001 03-05-01 Avena brevis Roth AVENA_BRE Aveia GRANDES CULTURAS 2002 01-03-02 Avena L. AVENA Aveia GRANDES CULTURAS 2002 01-03-02 Avena sativa L. AVENA_SAT Aveia GRANDES CULTURAS 2002 01-03-02 Avena strigosa Schreb. AVENA_STR Aveia preta FORRAGEIRAS 2002 01-03-02 Hordeum vulgare L. HORDE_VUL CEVADA GRANDES CULTURAS 2002 21-02-02 Eucalyptus spp EUCAL EUCALIPTO FLORESTAIS 2002 04-02-02 Zoysia japonica Steud ZOYSI_JAP GRAMA ESMERALDA ORNAMENTAIS 2002 20-01-14 4 PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION GAZETTE AND NEWSLETTER No. 107 – February 2015 Common name Year of Date of TAXA UPOV Code Group (portuguese) inclusion inclusion Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) STENO_SEC GRAMA SANTO ORNAMENTAIS 2002 25-06-02 Kuntze AGOSTINHO Cajanus cajan L. Millsp. CAJAN_CAJ GUANDU FORRAGEIRAS 2002 30-08-02 Guzmania Ruiz et Pav. GUZMA GUZMANIA ORNAMENTAIS 2002 27-12-02 Glycine max (L.) Merr. GLYCI_MAX SOJA GRANDES CULTURAS 2002 03-05-02 xTriticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus TRITL TRITICALE GRANDES CULTURAS 2002 20-03-02 Mangifera indica L. MANGI_IND MANGA FRUTÍFERAS 2002 23-09-02 Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. ANANA_COM ABACAXI FRUTÍFERAS 2003 17-09-03 Hippeastrum Herb. HIPPE AMARILIS ORNAMENTAIS 2003 16-12-03 Aster L. ASTER ASTER ORNAMENTAIS 2003 17-09-03 Musa L. MUSAA BANANEIRA FRUTÍFERAS 2003 17-01-03 Begonia x hiemalis Fotsch. BEGON_HIE BEGÔNIA ELATIOR ORNAMENTAIS 2003 23-07-03 Kalanchoe Adans. KALAN CALANCOE ORNAMENTAIS 2003 19-02-03 Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Poelln. KALAN_BLO CALANCOE ORNAMENTAIS 2003 19-02-03 Dianthus L. DIANT CRAVO ORNAMENTAIS 2003 18-12-03 Limonium sinuatum (L.) Mill. = LIMON_SIN ESTATICE ORNAMENTAIS 2003 18-09-03 Statice sinuata L. Gerbera L. GERBE GÉRBERA ORNAMENTAIS 2003 16-09-03 Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. HIBIS_ROS HIBISCO ORNAMENTAIS 2003 23-07-03 Hypericum L. HYPER HIPERICO ORNAMENTAIS 2003 03-09-03 Hypericum x inodorum Mill. HYPER_INO HIPERICO ORNAMENTAIS 2003 03-09-03 Lilium L. LILIU LÍRIO ORNAMENTAIS 2003 16-12-03 Macrotyloma axillare (E. Mey) MACRT_AXI MACROTYLOMA FORRAGEIRAS 2003 19-12-03 Verdc. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. PENNI_GLA MILHETO FORRAGEIRAS 2003 23-01-03 Fragaria L. FRAGA MORANGO OLERÍCOLAS 2003 14-02-03 Pyrus communis L. (frutíferas) PYRUS_COM PERA FRUTÍFERA FRUTÍFERAS 2003 07-01-03 Solidago virgaurea L. SOLID_VIR SOLIDAGO ORNAMENTAIS 2003 23-07-03 Saintpaulia H. Wendl. SAINT VIOLETA