Proposed fees 2025
Every year, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature sets the fees of the Board for plant varieties for the following year. These fee proposals are made by Naktuinbouw and the Board for plant varieties jointly. The attached notice deals with the proposed application fees for plant breeders' rights and admission and DUS-testing for 2025.
Explanation on fees Board for Plant Varieties 2025
Indexation of fees compared to 2024
- Average indexation: 6.5% increase on all 2024 fees.
Explanation on the indexation
- Wage index for personnel costs: 4%.
- Price index for general costs: 4%.
- Higher costs: increase in housing costs (energy prices), lease costs (more electric driving), and ICT costs (license fees).
- Investments in 2024: Naktuinbouw has invested in, among other things, resistance accommodation, leading to higher depreciation costs.
Online application fee 2025 equal for all sectors
- Uniform fee: previously, the online application fee for the agricultural sector was higher due to the lower number of online applications submitted in that sector.
- New fee proposal: a uniform online application fee of € 334,-- for all sectors because almost all national applications are submitted online.
Bekijk ook
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Gazette of the Board for plant varieties August 2025
The Gazette is the government publication sheet. The new Gazette is published every month.
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Prolongation 2025
This year, prolongation can be applied for vegetable and agricultural varieties that were listed in 2017. This also applies to vegetable varieties that were listed in 2004 and 2005.
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Update NRR (Dutch Variety Register)
Great news! The previously reported technical issues with the NRR (Dutch Variety Register) have now been resolved. You can once again use the register as you are accustomed to. Unfortunately, the field "prolongation requested" is currently missing in the NRR. This will be fixed.
We sincerely thank you for your patience and understanding during the recovery period.
If you still have any questions or comments, please contact us via teamsupport@rasraad.nl