An organization or individual designated to conduct technical tests must meet the conditions specified in the Decree No. 88/2010/NĐ-CP detailing and guiding a number of articles of the Law on Intellectual Property and the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Intellectual Property regarding rights to plant varieties, covering responsibilities for state management of rights to plant varieties.
According to Article 16 of Decree No. 88/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, an organization or individual designated to conduct technical tests must meet the following conditions:
- Having the functions of testing or researching into and creating plant varieties;
- Having a location and land area suitable for carrying out testing experiments according to testing requirements applicable to the plant species designated for testing:
- Having special-use equipment or having signed contracts with other organizations and individuals to analyze and assess criteria according to testing requirements applicable to the plant species designated for testing;
- Having at least 1 technician who possesses a university degree in a specialized major and a certificate of training in technical tests or has been directly engaged in technical tests for at least 2 years;
- Having a collection of sample varieties of widely known plant varieties of the species designated for testing.
View more details at Decree No. 88/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from October 01, 2010.
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