Invoicing examination costs by withdrawal has been changed

When national applications for listing and/or plant breeders’ rights in the Netherlands are withdrawn, we will follow this procedure:

For 1st year examinations:

• Withdrawal before or on the final closing date, or before or on the last day of the submission period: 25% of the examination costs will be charged;

• Withdrawal after the final closing date or after the last day of the submission period: 100% of the examination fee will be charged.

For 2nd or 3rd year examinations:

Withdrawals made more than 1 month before the submission deadline: no fee will be charged;

• Withdrawals made within 1 month before the final submission date material of that crop: 25% of the examination costs of the 2nd or 3rd year will be charged;
• Withdrawals made after the final submission date of material of that crop: 100% of the research costs of the 2nd or 3rd year will be charged.

An exception are national applications examined by a foreign research institute. If these national applications are withdrawn, we will charge the costs charged to us by the foreign research institute.

In this way, we adopt a uniform working method We believe this makes it clear to you as an applicant what costs you can expect when withdrawing a national application.

This also ensures that the costs incurred by Naktuinbouw in preparation for the DUS-examination are reimbursed.