New procedure for payment of application fees starting January 1, 2026
Starting January 1, 2026, we will introduce a new procedure for paying application fees for applications for listing and/or plant breeders’ rights in the Netherlands.
This new procedure ensures faster and more efficient processing of your submitted applications.
One-time deposit
You will make a one-time deposit. An application will be formally processed after the application fees have been paid. By setting up this deposit, you are guaranteed that your submitted application will be processed immediately. The date of receipt of your application will serve as the priority date of the application.
Payment of application fees
After receiving and processing your application, you will receive an invoice for the application fees as usual.
Payment is expected within the standard term of 30 days. If payment is not received, your application will be considered as not submitted.
Would you like to use this arrangement?
Please feel free to contact us.
Bekijk ook
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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.