كرواتيا

DECREE

on the (amount of) fees relating to the Plant Variety Protection

Zagreb, May 2001.

Based on Article 15 paragraph (2) of the Plant Variety Protection Law (“Official Gazette” No 131/97 and No 62/00 ), the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry issues the following:

DECREE

on the (amount of) fees relating to the Plant Variety Protection

Article 1

This Decree lays down the amount of fees to be paid by the applicant with regard to the implementation of the procedure for the protection of new varieties of plants and the maintenance of the plant breeder’s right, the technical examination of the distinctness, uniformity and stability of the variety (hereinafter: DUS testing) or acquisition of the results of the DUS testing of the variety from another country signatory of the “International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants” (UPOV Convention).

Article 2

The amount of fees for the implementation of the procedure for the protection of new varieties of plants and the maintenance of the plant breeder’s right shall be as follows:

1. application fee including the publication of the registration in the Official Gazette of the Institute for Seed and Seedlings (hereinafter: Institute) 200,00 Kn

2. fee for the issuance of the Certificate of the Grant of Plant Breeder’s Right 550,00 Kn

3. fee for lodging an objection against the grant 150,00 Kn

4. fee for the entry of changes in the registers 150,00 Kn

5. fee for granting the compulsory license 550,00 Kn

6. fee for the surrender of the plant breeder’s right at the request of the holder of the right 150,00 Kn

7. annual fee for the maintenance of the breeder’s right:

• first three years 250,00 Kn 4th• year 300,00 Kn 5th• year 350,00 Kn 6th• year 400,00 Kn 7th• year 450,00 Kn 8th• year 500,00 Kn 9th• year 550,00 Kn

• 10th year 600,00 Kn • 11th year 650,00 Kn • 12th year 700,00 Kn • 13th year 750,00 Kn • 14th year 800,00 Kn • 15th year and every following year until the end of the period of protection 1.000,00 Kn •

Article 3

The amount of fees for the technical examination of the distinctness, uniformity and stability of the variety (DUS testing) or acquisition of the results of the DUS testing of the variety from another country signatory of the UPOV Convention shall be as follows:

KN PER VARIETY

1st 2ndyear year

1. winter and spring wheat 2.800,00 2.800,00

2. winter and spring barley 2.800,00 2.800,00

3. maize 2.800,00 2.800,00

4. sugar beet, soya bean, oil rape, sunflower, forage crops and potatoes 3.500,00 3.500,00

5. acquisition of the results of the DUS testing of the variety from the Office responsible

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for the variety protection in another country of UPOV 2.000,00 Kn

6. for the verification of DUS testing, carried out by the applicant 800,00 Kn

Article 4

Fees referred to in Article 2 and Article 3 of this Decree shall be paid to the account no. of the Institute of Seed and Seedlings, Osijek with the indication “Fees relating to the Plant Variety Protection.”

Article 5

The annual fee for the maintenance of the plant breeder’s right under Article 2 of this Decree shall be paid at the beginning of the calendar year, for the current year of protection, no later than 31 of January.

Article 6

This Decree shall enter into force on the day of publication in the “Official Gazette.”

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