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No. 70 of 1997Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights)(Amendment) Bill 1997
Public bill · Government · Presented
Updates plant-breeders’ rights to cover derived and hybrid varieties, sets protection periods of up to 30 or 35 years, and clarifies when permission is needed to produce, sell or export protected plant material. It also protects limited private, research and farm-saved-seed uses, strengthens enforcement and information-gathering, and aligns Irish rules with international and European arrangements.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Act, 1980, and to provide for related matters
Last updated 12 April 2018
Sponsor
- Minister for Agriculture and Food Primary
Progress
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil
- Committee StageDáil
- Report StageDáil
- Fifth StageDáil
- Second StageSeanad
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Debates
- Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 1997: Second Stage. Seanad
- Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 1997: Committee and Final Stages. Seanad
- Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 1997: Report and Final Stages. Dáil
- Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage. SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND THE MARINE
- Private Members' Business. - Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights)(Amendment) Bill, 1997: Report of Select Committee. Dáil
- Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Bill, l997: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 1997: Second Stage. Dáil
- Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 1997: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
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