Eligibility requirements for production and sale of plant varieties in Vietnam

Specifically, according to Article 8 of the Decree No. 94/2019/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, an organization or individual producing and selling plant varieties shall comply with the eligibility requirements specified in Article 22 of the Law on Crop Production of Vietnam and some of the following regulations:

Before selling plant varieties, the organization or individual shall send a notification via an email or in person or by post to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province where plant varieties are sold, which contains the following information: business location, name of the organization or individual or legal representative and contact telephone so that the notification is posted on the web portal of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

The organization or individual producing and selling plant varieties shall have documents serving tracing of the plant variety batch, including information about plant variety sales contract and invoices; documents about quality of the plant variety batch and appropriate label according to Article 10 of this Decree. Regarding perennial fruit crops and perennial industrial crops, information about propagating materials used, standard applies, quantity and date of delivery of the crops is required.

Besides, the plant varieties that have been included in the List of plant varieties permitted for production and sale promulgated by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development but have not been included in the Decision on recognition of new plant varieties may continue to be produced and sold until December 31, 2022.

View more details at Decree No. 94/2019/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from February 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

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