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Form to assign plant breeders' rights to another party.
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Form to authorise the use of an agent for an application to add a plant variety to the National List or for plant breeders' rights.
Form to apply to be a maintainer of a plant variety on the UK National List.
The Tribunal makes decisions about national listing of new varieties of plants, UK plant variety rights and certain forestry matters. PVST is a tribunal of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
Variety description forms for applications to add amateur vegetables to the national list.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Guidance on the Genetic Modification Inspectorate (GMI) seed audit programme for companies in England that import, produce or market seed.
Farm Saved Seed rules, eligible species for payment and how to declare and make payments online.
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