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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds...

Catalogue reference: MAF 404

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MAF 404

Records of the Plant Variety Rights Office dealing with the protection of plant breeders' rights under the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.

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Reference

MAF 404

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division: Registered Files, International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (AD Series)
Date

1962-1977

Description

Records of the Plant Variety Rights Office dealing with the protection of plant breeders' rights under the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

AD file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division, 1965-1989
Physical description

15 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1997 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates

1965 onwards

Accruals

Series is accruing

Administrative / biographical background

The International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (1961) which was signed by the UK and seven other European countries. This convention established the International Union for the Protection of New Plant Varieties (UPOV). The broad effect of the convention was that each member state would undertake to grant plant breeders rights to persons domiciled or having registered offices in other member states. It was ratified by the UK in 1965, and came into force in 1968 when three countries had ratified it.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10804/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division: Registered Files, International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (AD Series)