French Intellectual Property Code
In forceThe application for a plant variety certificate must include in particular:
- a description of the manner in which the variety was obtained or discovered;
- a full description of the variety with mention of the characteristics which, in the applicant's opinion, enable it to be distinguished from varieties already known. For varieties whose commercial production requires the repeated use of another variety, the characteristics of that other variety must also be described;
- the denomination proposed by the breeder ;
- the indication, where applicable, of the States in which an application for protection has been filed and the authorisation for the person in charge of missions under the national plant variety authority to exchange with the competent authorities of any State or any intergovernmental organisation, whether or not a member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, all items of information on the results of examinations which are in progress or which may have been carried out on the said variety.
Drawings or photographs and any information likely to enlighten the national plant variety authority may be annexed to the request, in particular concerning official or private growing tests carried out in France or abroad.
