Plant Variety Protection Act (Germany)
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Plant Variety Protection Act |
| Abbreviation: | SortSchG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Intellectual Property |
| References : | 7822-7 |
| Original version from: | December 11, 1985 ( BGBl. I p. 2170 ) |
| Entry into force on: | 18th December 1985 |
| New announcement from: | December 19, 1997 ( BGBl. I p. 3164 ) |
| Last change by: |
Art. 6 G of April 13, 2017 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 872, 894 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
July 1, 2017 (Art. 8 G of April 13, 2017) |
| GESTA : | C119 |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The German Plant Variety Protection Act ( SortSchG ) regulates the requirements and content of plant variety protection ( Section 1 ). The tasks and responsibilities of the Federal Plant Variety Office are also defined ( Section 2 ). The exact procedure for obtaining and maintaining plant variety protection for a variety and possible changes are also clearly written down ( Section 3 ). Under section 4 , the methods be controlled trial and section 5 is deals with violations. Section 6 contains the final provisions.
For the plant variety protection laws in Austria and Switzerland see the article Plant variety protection .
literature
- Alfred Keukenschrijver: Plant Variety Protection Act taking into account Regulation No. 2100/94 (EC) of the Council on Community Plant Variety Protection. Comment . Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-452-24812-7 .
- Herbert Leßmann / Gert Würtenberger: German and European plant variety protection law, manual . 2nd edition, Nomos; Baden-Baden, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8329-4027-0 .
