French Intellectual Property Code
In forceI.-Species, other than those listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights, for which farmers have the right, pursuant to Article
L. 623-24-1, to use on their own holdings, without the breeder's authorisation, for propagating purposes, the product of the harvest which they have obtained by planting a protected variety, are:
1° Fodder plants:
a) Trifolium pratense - Red clover;
b) Trifolium incarnatum - Red clover;
c) Lolium multiflorum - Italian ryegrass;
d) Lolium hybridum - Hybrid ryegrass;
e) Lathyrus spp. - Gesses;
2° Oleaginous plants:
Glycine max - Soya;
3° Plants for use as nitrate trap intermediate crops:
a) Sinapis alba - White mustard;
b) Avena strigosa - Rough oat;
4° Protein plants:
a) Pisum sativum - Protein peas;
b) Lupinus albus - White lupin;
c) Lupinus angustifolius - Blue lupin;
5° Vegetable plants:
a) Lens culinaris - Lentil;
b) Phaseolus vulgaris - Bean.
II.-With the exception of small farmers within the meaning of Article L. 623-24-2, the entry into force of I is subject to the conclusion of the contracts or agreements referred to in Article L. 623-24-3 or, failing that, the entry into force of the implementing decree mentioned in the same article determining the procedures for setting the amount of compensation provided for in Article L. 623-24-2.
