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1. Member raising question and answering

European Union
Albania

2. Category and subcategory

Patents (including Plant Variety Protection)

3. Question

28. Please describe how micro-organisms, non-essentially biological processes, microbiological processes and plant varieties are protected in your legislation. Please explain, in this respect, the relevant sections of your legislation.

4. Answer

They are protected under the second part of paragraph 7, of Article 3 of the law (see above). We are preparing all the documents to ratify in the near future the Budapest Treaty for the protection of micro-organisms. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has prepared a new law for the protection of new varieties of plants according to UPOV standards, which should enter into force probably by the end of this year.
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