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A guide to Plant Breeders' Rights and Registration Procedures

Would you like to learn more about the world of Plant Breeders' Rights and variety testing? Then sign up now for the training on 31 March 2026

A guide to Plant Breeders' Rights and Registration procedures

Are you new to the world of Plant Breeders' Rights and registration research? Curious about how to submit your Plant Breeders' Rights application online? Or how to choose a good variety name? The training is suitable for breeders and companies that are encountering Variety Testing for the first time. The training is intended for people in the horticultural sector who are involved in procedures for Plant Breeders' Rights and registration research.
If you are interested, then sign up now!

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Gazette of the Board for plant varieties September 2026

The Gazette is the government publication sheet. The new Gazette is published every month.

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Prolongation 2026

This year prolongation of registration can be applied for varieties of vegetable and agricultural species which have been registered in 2018. This also applies to all vegetable varieties which have been registered in 1993 until 2003.

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Harmonization of Technical Questionnaires (TQs)

The Board for plant varieties has been working with CPVO for some time on the harmonization of Technical Questionnaires (TQs). The objective is to make as many CPVO and the Board for plant varieties TQs as possible identical on a one-to-one basis. This harmonisation will make it easier for applicants to submit either a national application or a CPVO application, as the information can simply be copied from one application to the other. Recently, a number of additional TQs have been harmonized.

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