Decree on Plant Variety, No. 238/GoL, dated 18 May 2020
关于植物品种的法令，第238/政府号，2020年5月18日
ດຳລັດ ວ່າດ້ວຍ ແນວພັນພືດ ເລກທີ 238/ລບ, ລົງວັນທີ 18 ພຶດສະພາ 2020
Summary
This Decree stipulates principles, regulations, and measures for the management and inspection of plant varieties, aiming to protect native and local plant varieties, promote improved and new plant varieties that are high-yielding, high-quality, and suitable for cultivation in various regions, so as to enhance crop production, ensure food security, and promote national socio-economic development. The Decree defines plant varieties, covering native, local, and improved varieties, and clarifies related terms such as seeds, plant genetic resources, counterfeit seeds, and inspection procedures.
Articles
Article 1
Article 1 Objectives
The Decree establishes the principles, regulations and
measures on management and inspection of plant varieties to
conserve a native plant variety, a local plant veriety, and
promote the use of an improved plant variety and a new plant
variety that has outstanding characteristics, good yield and
quality, and that is suitable for each location, with the aim of
managing and enhancing crop production, ensuring food
security and commercial crop production, and contributing to
national socio-economic development.
Article 2
Article 2 A plant variety
Aplant variety including a native plant variety, a local
plant variety and an improved plant variety is any seed or
planting material within a group of species that has the same or
similar genotype or botanical charaterisitcs, and that has its
own distinguishing characteristics such as uniformity, physical
stability and distiness from other plant varieties.
Article 3
Article 3 Definations
The terms used in this Decree have the following
meaning:
1. Anative plant variety means the plant variety that
occur in the country for a long period of time and is used
extensively;
2. Alocal plant variety means the plant variety that
occurs naturally in a given area with its distinguishing
characteristics;
3. An improved plant variety means the plant variety
that is obtained through the breeding or selection of a plant
species, with its natural physical characteristics;
4. Seeds means seed or planting material used for
cultivation or reproduction including rootstock, shoot, stock,
branch, leave, node, root, flower, fruit or seeds;
5. Plant genetic resources means a part of or a whole
planting material which is of value for breeding for a new plant
variety;
6. Plant genetic resources conservation means the
storing of plant genetic resources for each of plant species in a
given genebank and in a given natural area;
7. Counterfeit seeds means seed that is incorrect such
as name, trademark, quality, validation date and other
relevancies for its registered information prescribed in its label;
8. Inspection for seed production area means a
process of inspection of seed quality growing in an inspected
area to identify natural characteristics and purity, and
percentage of seed mixture;
9. Seed quality testing means a process of diagnosing
elements including germination, purity, moisture content and
pests, of seed quality in a laboratory.
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