Plant Breeders' Rights & National list information letters

These will be published regularly to keep you up to date on National Listing and Plant Breeders' Rights matters and will include information such as changes in procedure (both administrative and technical) and closing dates.

The documents are available to download in pdf format (Adobe Reader is available from www.adobe.com).

2009

Issue 5 2009 (42KB):
UK/EC PBR applications, procedural explanation; rose applications, increase in plant material required; withdrawals, procedural explanation; November NLSC decisions, combinable crops (Cereals/Oilseeds/Pulses); revised closing dates for ornamentals; various VCU procedures for harvest 2010 have been published.

Issue 4 2009 (49KB):
Updated arrangements for NL/PBR applicants for 2009/2010 including particular information for winter oilseed rape applicants.

Issue 3 2009 (57KB):
Obligatory characters and their relative importance to be used in decision making for crops of major economic importance (wheat, barley, oilseed rape and grain peas) and for minor crops (oats, triticale, field beans, spring lupin and spring linseed); transposition of Commission Directive 2008/62/EC, streamlined arrangements for the collection of potato VCU fees, changes to the arrangements for the payment of charges incurred in the DUS testing of candidate varieties by other Member States and the appointment of the new Controller of Plant Variety Rights.

Issue 2 2009 (67KB):
Characters for Potato varieties. Revised Sugar Beet control varieties for use in 2009. Changes to seed submission details and the arrangements for replacing ear rows with plots for Barley/Oat dus testing. New Executive Agency details. Annual charges 2010 reminder.

Issue 1 2009 (50KB):
Obligatory Characters and their relative importance to be used in decision making for herbage, maize, fodder and sugar beet varieties in February 2009 and Revised VCU Procedures for field beans, field peas, winter oilseed rape and spring oilseed rape.

2008 - See list

Issue 7 2008 (26KB):
Updated information for NL/PBR applicants using the online submission facility/confirmation of key closing dates and clarification of the resubmission procedure.

Issue 6 2008 (90KB):
gives details of updated arrangements for NL/PBR applicants for 2008/2009 including particular information for winter oilseed rape applicants, changes to seed submission details and the arrangements for replacing ear rows with plots for wheat DUS testing.

Issue 5 2008 (100KB):
gives details of Annual Charges and Revision to the scoring arrangements for assessing disease resistance for varieties of combinable crops.

Issue 4 2008 (43KB):
gives details of Obligatory Characters and their relative importance to be used when considering Potato Varieties for addition to the UK National List, revised Protocols and Procedures for VCU Trials, Office closing dates.

Issue 3 2008 (43KB):
gives details of revised fees for National Listing and Plant Breeders� Rights Services.

Issue 2 2008 (19KB):
gives details of final TQs, fees and charges issues and office closure dates for PVS Division over the Easter period.

Issue 1 2008 (19KB):
gives details of the Consultation on proposed fee changes for National Listing and Plant Breeders� Rights Services, changes to DUS testing arrangements (replacement of cereal ear rows with plots )and revised VCU procedures.

2007 - See list

NL/PBR 4/07 (754KB):gives details of obligatory characters and their relative importance to be used in decision making for 2008 (herbage, maize, fodder and sugar beet)/additional new style technical questionnaires now available/ closure dates for PVS office in December and January.

NL/PBR 3/07 (20KB): gives details of new Technical Questionnaires, the transposition of EC Directives into UK law and key points regarding NL/PBR applications

NL/PBR 2/07 (20KB): gives details of obligatory characters and their relative importance to be used in decision making November 2007 (Combinable Crops)

NL/PBR 1/07 (20KB): gives details of the new application procedure for National Listing and Plant Breeders' Rights which can now be submitted by email