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Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 (S.I. No. 490/2000)
These Regulations which implement certain amendments and extensions to the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Act, 1980 prescribe: (1) The crop species to which the grant of rights applies. (2) Duration of rights. (3) Fees to be charged. (4) Allow the holder of an Irish grant of plant breeders' rights to keep in place his national plant breeders' rights (but without exercising such rights) and thereby retain the option of reverting to the exercise of national plant breeders' rights if the Community plant breeders' rights are surrendered, by payment of a special reduced renewal fee. (5) Repeal of previous regulations. 1 OJ No. L227/1 of 1.9.94
Given under seal of Minister for Finance on 21/12/2000, given under seal of Minister for Agriculture on 26/12/2000.
This Statutory Instrument revokes the following Statutory Instruments: Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 1984 (S.I. No. 137 of 1984) Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 46 of 1986) Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 46 of 1988) Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 (S.I. No. 199 of 1990) Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. No. 31 of 1991) Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 35 of 1992) Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 369 of 1992) Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 78 of 1993) Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 332 of 1993) Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 393 of 1994)
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