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Federal Law on the Protection of Plant Varieties (Plant Variety Protection Law 2001, as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 93/2015 (BGBI.I No. 93/2015)), Austria

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Year of Version 2015 Dates Entry into force: September 1, 2001 Adopted: August 20, 2001 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Trademarks, Trade Names, Plant Variety Protection, Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body Notes This consolidated version of the Federal Law on the Protection of Plant Varieties incorporates all the amendments up to Federal Law on the Prohibition of the Cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms (Genetic Engineering Prohibition Framework Act), and on the Amendments to the Plant Variety Protection Law, which was published in Part I of the Federal Law Gazette on August 3, 2015 under No. 93/2015 (BGBI. I No. 93/2015).

Section 2 of the said Federal Law (BGBI. I No. 93/2015) adds paragraph 9 to Section 21(2) under Part 4 of this consolidated version.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) German Bundesgesetz über den Schutz von Pflanzensorten (Sortenschutzgesetz 2001) (zuletzt geändert durch das Bundesgesetz BGBl. I Nr. 93/2015) PDF HTML
Legislation Supersedes (2 text(s)) Supersedes (2 text(s))
Federal Law on the Protection of Plant Varieties (Plant Variety Protection Law 2001, as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 42/2005 (BGBI.I No. 42/2005))(AT118)
Federal Law on the Protection of Plant Varieties (Plant Variety Protection Law 2001)(AT093)
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Federal Law on Amendments of the Law on Patents 1970, Law on Utility Models, Law Introducing Patent Treaties, Law on Protection Certificates 1996, Law on Semiconductor Protection, Law on Trademark Protection 1970, Law on Design Protection 1990, Law on Patent Office Fees, Law on Plant Variety Protection 2001, Law on Patent Attorney and the Jurisdiction Standard (Patent and Trademark Law Amendment 2014) (BGBl. I No. 126/2013) (AT157)
Federal Law on Amendments to the Law on Patents 1970, Law Introducing Patent Treaties, Law on Utility Models, Law on Semiconductor Protection and Law on Plant Variety Protection 2001 (Biotechnology Directive - Implementation Amendment) (BGBl. I No. 42/2005) (AT152)

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Federal Law on the Protection of Plant Varieties (Plant Variety Protection Law) (AT017)

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