Consultation outcome

National listing and plant breeders’ rights: revision of fees to recover full costs

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 28 October 2013
• Last updated: 8 April 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Detail of outcome

We received 15 responses to this consultation.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on a proposal to increase the fees for national listing and plant breeders’ rights.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
28 October 2013 to 11:45pm on 10 January 2014

Consultation description

We are consulting on a proposal to increase the fees for national listing and plant breeders’ rights. The aim is to recover the full cost from businesses using the services and to remove the cost to the taxpayer.

The consultation will be of interest mainly to companies involved in breeding and marketing new varieties of plants and to their customers, although comments are welcomed from other interested sectors and the public.

New varieties of agricultural and horticultural crops must be added to the National Lists before they can be commercially exploited, guaranteeing the identity of marketed plant varieties. If plant breeders’ rights are held for a variety, anyone wanting to market or multiply its seed must get permission from the rights holder, enabling the collection of royalties, and protecting the intellectual property rights of plant breeders.

Published 28 October 2013
Last updated 8 April 2014 + show all updates

1. 8 April 2014

   Summary of responses added.

2. 28 October 2013

   First published.