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SUPREME DECREE Nº 035-2011-PCM APPROVING THE REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF BREEDERS OF NEW PLANT VARIETIES

F THE REPUBLIC

reement between Peru and the United States of America was 6;

ting to intellectual property [rights] and Peru’s undertaking to accede to the International Convention for

e Protection of New Varieties of Plants (1991 UPOV Convention), which was adopted by Congress of the Republic through Legislative Resolution No. 295957;

Decision 345 of the Commission of the Cartagena Agreement lays down provisions ion of the rights of breeders of new plant varieties at Andean

s of breeders of new plant varieties are chnological development and agricultural

research with the aim of consolidating a sustainable production system;

te a regulatory framework governing provisions relating to the protection of the plant varieties contained in Decision 345, the Common Regime for the

ders of New Plant Varieties and in the 1991 UPOV to the protection of plant varieties and in turn

stimulate and standardize formalities established to this end in an attempt to produce effective procedures to enable the protection of those rights.

tioned measures so as to be able to rely on a consolidated set of regulations that facilitate the provision of access to the protection of the rights of breeders of plant varieties;

of the Political Constitution of Peru and the Organic Law of the Executive Branch;

Article 1 Adoption of the Regulations for the Protection of the Rights of Breeders of New

the Rights of Breeders of New Plant Varieties, consisting of six (6) chapters, thirty-eight (38) articles and two (2) final supplementary

to and which form an integral part hereof, shall be adopted.

THE PRESIDENT O

WHEREAS:

The Trade Promotion Ag approved by Legislative Resolution No. 2876

Chapter 16 of the above-mentioned Agreement sets out provisions rela

th

governing the protect Community level;

The promotion and protection of the right mechanisms that promote and encourage te

It is necessary to crea

Protection of the Rights of Bree Convention, so as to facilitate access

Consequently, it is necessary to approve and issue regulations that lay down rules for implementing the above-men

In accordance with paragraph 8 of Article 118 Law No. 29158 –

DECREES:

Plant Varieties

The Regulations for the Protection of

provisions, attached here

4 The S o

Gaze upreme Decree N 035 – 2011 PCM was adopted on April 14, 2011 and published in the Official

tte “El Peruano” on April 15, 2011.

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Article 2 Publication

This Supreme Decree shall be published in the Official Gazette "El Peruano". These Regulations shall be posted on the website of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (http://www.pcm.gob.pe) on the same day it is published in the Official Gazette "El Peruano".

Article 3 Repeal

me Decree No. 008-96-ITSupre INCI and other legal rules that run contrary to the

This Supreme Decree shall be endorsed by the President of the Council of Ministers, the

e fourteenth day of April 2011.

t

EROA Justice

REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF BREEDERS OF

regulations adopted pursuant to Article 1 shall be repealed.

Article 4 Endorsement

Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism.

Given at Government House, Lima, on th

ALAN GARCÍA PEREZ Cons itutional President of the Republic

ROSARIO DEL PILAR FERNÁNDEZ FIGU President of the Council of Ministers of

RAFAEL QUEVEDO FLORES Minister of Agriculture

EDUARDO FERREYROS KUPPERS Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism

NEW PLANT VARIETIES

CHAPTER I SCOPE

Article 1 Scope

The scope of these Regulations shall encompass all botanical genera and species insofar

or pla

(a)

(b) the person who is the employer of the aforementioned person or who has

(c) be;

as the cultivation, possession and use are not prohibited on the basis of human, animal nt health.

Article 2 Definitions

For the purposes of these Regulations:

2.1 “Breeder” means

the person who bred, or discovered and developed, a variety,

commissioned the latter's work, or

the successor in title of the first or second aforementioned person, as the case may

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2.2 It should be specified that discovery is not a mere find. Rather, it refers to the ct

which t the conditions for the grant of a breeder’s right are m

(a) type or

(b)

(c)

of the , "material" means, in relation to

(a) Propagating material of any kind,

sele ion process within the natural variation in a population of plants and the development is the process of reproduction or propagation and evaluation.

2.3 “Variety” means a plant grouping within a set of cultivated botanical individuals , irrespective of whether or no

fully et, may be:

defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from a given geno combination of genotypes,

distinguished from any other plant grouping by the expression of at least one of the said characteristics, and

considered as a unit with regard to its suitability for being propagated unchanged.

2.4 For the purposes of the provisions of Article 27 of Decision 345 of the Commission Cartagena Agreement (hereinafter Decision 345)

a variety,

(b) Harvested material, including entire plants and parts of plants, and

(c) Any product made directly from the harvested material.

CHAPTER II COMPETENT AUTHORITY

e 3 Competent AuthoritiesArticl

Defen comp Decis of New Varieties of Plants and these Regulations, and the Sub-Directorate for Genetic

Articl

The f ew Technologies shall be:

on with the Sub-Directorate for Genetic Resources rvices related to the protection of varieties, pursuant

(d)

perty all legal acts related to

(f) to inform the Andean Community General Secretariat of the granting of breeder’s

lution granting the Breeder’s Certificate is authorized;

greement of the termination of breeder’s

The Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies of the National Institute for the se of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) is the etent national authority responsible for the administrative functions contained in ion 345 establishing Common Provisions on the Protection of the Rights of Breeders

Resources and Biotechnology of the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INIA) is the body responsible for performing the technical functions contained therein.

e 4 Functions of the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies

unctions of the Directorate of Inventions and N

(a) to receive and process applications for breeder’s certificates;

(b) to examine novelty on breeder’s certificates applications filed with the Office of Inventions and New Technologies;

(c) to set and collect, in coordinati and Biotechnology, fees for se to INDECOPI’s Sole Text of Administrative Procedures;

to open and maintain a National Register of Protected Plant Varieties;

(e) to publish monthly in the Gazette of Intellectual Pro the protected plant varieties that are being registered;

certificates within a period not exceeding five (5) working days, from the date on which the reso

(g) to inform the Board of the Cartagena A certificates within a period of twenty-four (24) hours from the time of issuance of the corresponding pronouncement;

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(h) to grant breeder’s certificates;

(i) to carry out registrations, cancellations and annulments of breeder’s certificates, and record them in the National Register of Protected Plant Varieties;

nted, upon request of the holder of the breeder’s

repare and execute the agreements with international organizations or other

es, except where the general legislation of the Peruvian State establishes other channels;

rces and Biotechnology shall have the following functions:

ity and stability of a variety, as well as issue technical concepts and establish, in

with a scientific institution, whether national or of

ocumentation Fund of the National Register of Protected Plant

(h) Other technical powers granted under Decision 345.

(j) to register license contracts gra certificate or of the licensee;

(k) to p countries that may be established for the protection of new plant varieties;

(l) to maintain, in coordination with the Sub-Directorate for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, relations with international organizations or of other countries with which Peru has entered into agreements for the protection of new plant varieties, carrying out mutually agreed upon activiti

(m) to meet the requirements set by judicial authorities as to disputes that may arise concerning the protection of new plant varieties;

(n) to exercise other administrative powers granted under Decision 345.

Article 5 Functions of the Sub-Directorate for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology

The Sub-Directorate for Genetic Resou

(a) to establish the criteria and procedures for conducting tests [to determine] distinctness, uniformity and stability of a variety, in coordination with the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies;

(b) to validate the tests conducted by the breeder, for distinctness, uniform

coordination with the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies, cooperation agreements with other national or foreign institutions for the purposes indicated in this subparagraph;

(c) to validate, for the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies, the deposit of live material in the breeder’s field another Andean Community Member Country, or of one that grants reciprocal treatment and has internationally recognized legislation on the protection of the rights of breeders of new varieties of plants;

(d) to establish mechanisms for the standardization of tests carried out abroad to satisfy the requirements of distinctness, uniformity, and stability;

(e) to maintain the D Varieties;

(f) to issue a registration report;

(g) to publish the Annual Journal of the National Registry of Protected Plant Varieties with information on applications for breeder’s rights and the grant thereof, and the proposed and approved denominations.

CHAPTER III RECOGNITION OF BREEDER’S RIGHTS AND REGISTRY OF PROTECTED PLANT VARIETIES

Article 6 Issuance of the Breeder’s Certificate

A ‘Breeder’s Certificate’ shall be issued to natural or legal person who has created a plant variety, provided it complies with the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Decision 345

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and the plant variety is designated by a denomination in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of these Regulations.

Article 7 Denomination of the Variety

Natural or legal persons living abroad must designate a representative whose domicile is in Peru.

7.1 Designation of varieties shall be designated by a deno

by denominations; use of the denomination. The variety mination which shall be its generic designation. Subject to

igures except where this is an established practice for designating varieties. It must not be liable to mislead or to cause confusion

cs, value or identity of the variety or the identity of the t be different from every denomination which designates, in

closely related species.

su w Technologies. If it is

the and New Technologies shall refuse to register it and shall require the breeder to propose another denomination within a prescribed period.

all members of UPOV. A variety that is the subject of an breeder’s right must be submitted to all members of

on.

nations, in particular the submission, registration and cancellation of denominations. Any authority may address its

tion to the Directorate of enomination.

t such use.

7.8 Indications used in association with denominations. When a variety is offered for sale or marketed, it shall be permitted to associate a trademark, trade name or other

paragraph 7.4 below, no rights in the designation registered as the denomination of the variety shall hamper the free use of the denomination in connection with the variety, even after the expiration of the breeder's right.

7.2 Characteristics of the denomination. The denomination must enable the variety to be identified. It may not consist solely of f

concerning the characteristi breeder. In particular, it mus the territory of any member of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (hereinafter UPOV Convention), an existing variety of the same plant species or of a

7.3 Registration of the denomination. The denomination of the variety shall be bmitted by the breeder to the Directorate of Inventions and Ne

found that the denomination does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph 7.2 above, Directorate of Inventions

7.4 Prior rights of third persons. Prior rights of third persons shall not be affected. If, by reason of a prior right, the use of the denomination of a variety is forbidden to a person who, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 7.7 below, is obliged to use it, the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies shall require the breeder to submit another denomination for the variety.

7.5 Same denomination in application for the issuance of a UPOV under the same denomination. The Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies shall register the denomination so submitted, unless it considers the denomination unsuitable within its territory. In the latter case, it shall require the breeder to submit another denominati

7.6 Information concerning variety denominations. The Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies shall ensure that the authorities of all the members of UPOV are informed of matters concerning variety denomi

observations, if any, on the registration of a denomina Inventions and New Technologies which communicated that d

7.7 Obligation to use the denomination. Any person who, within the territory of the Republic of Peru, offers for sale or markets propagating material of a variety protected within said territory shall be obliged to use the denomination of that variety, even after the expiration of the breeder's right in that variety, except where, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 7.4 above, prior rights preven

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similar indication with a registered variety denomination. If such an indication is so

of the Persons Domiciled Abroad

Natural or legal persons living abroad must designate an authorized representative who

ventions and New Technologies at any time and up to three years after the Certificate has been granted.

d New

- samples or any other evidence that the variety which is the subject matter of both

logies, any [necessary] information, documents or material required for purpose of the examination,

gn institutions with the responsibility of formulating the technical concept.

Article 12 The National Registry of Protected Plant Varieties

tion of the tion of the

er of a protection right and of the person who bred

associated, the denomination must nevertheless be easily recognizable.

Article 8 Representatives

resides in Peru.

Article 9 Action for Recovery

If the application for a Breeder’s Certificate relates to a variety that has been unlawfully obtained from the breeder or from his or her successor in title, or if by virtue of contractual or legal obligations the holder of the Breeder’s Certificate is a person other than the applicant, anyone with a legitimate interest may claim the status of true owner before the Directorate of In

Article 10 Claiming Priority

If priority has been claimed, [the applicant] must, within three (3) months from the date of filing the application, file the following with the Directorate of Inventions an Technologies:

- a copy of the documents which constitute the first application, certified to be a true copy by the authority with which the application was filed; and

applications is the same.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 20 of these Regulations, the breeder shall be allowed a period of up to two years after the expiration of the period of priority provided for in Article 18 of Decision 345 or, where the first application is rejected or withdrawn, an appropriate time after the date of such rejection or withdrawal, in which to furnish, to the Directorate of Inventions and New Techno

Article 11 Technical Advice

In the cases considered relevant, the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies, in coordination with the Sub-Directorate for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, may entrust other national or forei

If this concept is favorable and the application complies with the other requirements, the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies shall grant the Breeder’s Certificate and register it with the corresponding denomination.

The National Registry of Protected Plant Varieties shall contain a descrip protected variety, the number of the breeder’s certificate, the denomina variety, the identification of the hold or discovered and developed a variety, where the person is a person other than the breeder and any legal act that affects the breeder’s rights and has been made known to the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies.

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Article 13 The Protection Period

The term of protection for vine, forest trees, fruit trees, including their rootstocks shall be ears and 20 years for other species, in both cases effect25 y ive from the date

CHAP AND OBLIGATIONS

[protection] is granted.

TER IV BREEDER’S RIGHTS, EXCEPTIONS

The b rights authorization in acts covered by Article 24 of Decision 345, during the lifetime of the

Articl

The B the holder to exercise the rights stipulated in Articl 45 in respect of varieties essentially derived from the protected variet riety is itself an essentially derived variety.

Essentia ed, for example, by the selection of a natural or induced mutant, or of a somaclonal variant, the selection of a variant individual from

s

Articl

“Anyo of Decision 345, n holdings, within reasonable limits

or a v

Articl and Replace a Live Sample

variet e obligation to maintain and replace the live sample of the variety during the entire lifetime of the

date on which the Breeder’s Certificate was granted.

Article 14 Rights Derived from the Registration

reeder or anyone to whom he or she has transferred and/or assigned his or her to a protected variety, may prevent third parties from engaging without his or her

Breeder’s Certificate. The breeder may make his or her authorization subject to conditions and limitations.

e 15 Essentially Derived Varieties

reeder’s Certificate shall also enable e 24 of Decision 3 y, except where the protected va

lly derived varieties may be obtain

plant of the initial variety, backcrossing, or transformation by genetic engineering

e 16 The Storing and Sowing of Seeds for Own Use

ne who stores and sows for his or her own use” as per Article 26 shall mean anyone who stores and sows on his ow and subject to the safeguarding of the legitimate interests of the breeder, the product of the harvest which he has obtained by planting, on his own holdings, the protected variety

ariety covered by Article 24 of Decision 345.

e 17 The Obligation to Maintain

Upon the request of the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies, the holder of a y registered in the Register of Protected Plant Varieties shall have th

Breeder’s Certificate.

Article 18 Annuity Payments

Annuities shall be paid annually, in advance, commencing on the first anniversary of the granting of the Breeder’s Certificate. The expiration date of each annuity shall be the last day of the month of the anniversary of the

CHAPTER V FILING OF THE APPLICATION AND ITS ADMISSION OR REFUSAL

Article 19 Application Requirements

Applications for the granting of a Breeder’s Certificate shall be filed with the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies and contain or attach, as the case may be:

(a) the name, address and nationality of the applicant;

(b) the common and scientific name of the species;

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(c) an indication of the generic denomination proposed;

(f) the method and procedure for obtaining the new variety, as well as all information ng to the variety that may facilitate the inspection of

of Article 7 of Decision 345 and ensure that the

as been previously filed abroad, it should indicate:

n has been requested,

enomination or reference, in the case of a patent application for an invention, and

applicable trademark legislation;

g fee;

(k) If applicable, power of attorney, assignment or any other additional document, in the UPOV Convention.

Once the application is received, the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies quirements set out in the foregoing Article

assigned a filing date.

ments specified in subparagraphs (f), (g), (h),

(d) the name of the person who has created or discovered and developed a variety if it is different from the person indicated in Article [19](a) above;

(e) the most important morphological, physiological, sanitary, phenological and physical and chemical aspects, as well as industrial or technological characteristics, which allow the variety to be described;

regarding any knowledge relati the compliance with provisions variety is designated by a denomination that is consistent with Article 5(a) of these Regulations;

(g) if the application relates to a variety for which an application h

- the countries where protectio - the type of protection requested, - the relevant application number, - the filing date, - the status of the application, - the breeder or inventor’s d

- the registration date;

(h) A resolution cancelling a trademark registration, if the denomination proposed by the applicant is registered in one of the Andean Community member countries as a trademark or service mark in his or her name for identical or similar goods in accordance with the provisions of

(i) Proof of payment of the prescribed filin

(j) The Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies may request whatever additional information, documents or materials it deems necessary for purposes of examining compliance with the conditions set out in Article 7 of Decision 345 and ensuring that the variety is designated by a denomination that is consistent with Article 7 of these Regulations;

accordance with Article 5(2) of the 1991 Act of

The application and the attached documents shall be drafted in Spanish.

Article 20 Examination of the Formal Requirements of the Application

shall verify compliance with the formal re within a period of thirty (30) working days.

If the formal examination [of the application] reveals that the application does not meet the requirements set forth in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (i) of Article 19 above, the application shall be deemed not to have been filed for processing and shall not be

If the application does not include the docu and (j) of Article 19 above, the applicant shall be requested to complete the application within a period of thirty (30) working days from the date of receipt of the notification, renewable at the applicant´s request, with the warning that if no reply is received, the application shall be deemed to have been abandoned.

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Article 21 Publication

Upon the completion of the examination of the formal requirements of an application, the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies shall issue an order of publication requiring publication of an excerpt of the description of the plant variety which is the

Peruano. The applicant shall provide a

Within a period of thirty (30) working days from the date of publication, anyone with a tantiated observations contesting

tipulated in Article 7 of Decision 345.

Articl

oordination with the

be ap will be appropriate to approve the tests carried out abroad to determine compliance with

Article 26 Competent Authority Opinion Deadline

New Technologies shall issue its opinion on the a period of three (3) years for able to ten (10), for bi-annual

filing the application for protection.

Articl

oval of the Sub-Directorate for

asses developed his or her new variety.

Excep a different period is prescribed in this Decree, the application shall

grounds for abandonment while the case is pending resolution.

subject of the application in the Official Gazette El copy of the relevant publication using extracted material to Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies within three (3) months of receipt of the order of publication.

Article 22 Third Party Observations

legitimate interest may make one submission of subs compliance with the conditions s

Article 23 Reply to the Observations

If, within the period prescribed in the preceding Articles, observations have been filed, the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies shall notify the applicant so that he or she may submit, where appropriate, his or her arguments or documents within [a period of] thirty (30) working days from the date of notification. This period may only be extended once for a similar period.

Article 24 Substantive Examination of the Application

Examination of novelty, distinctness, uniformity and stability shall be conducted upon the expiration of the periods for the submission of observations or replies, as the case may be, provided in the previous Articles.

e 25 Approval and Validation of Tests

The Sub-Directorate for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, in c Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies, shall determine the cases in which it will

propriate to validate the tests carried out by the breeder, as also those in which it

the requirements of distinctness, uniformity and stability.

The Directorate of Inventions and conditions established in Article 7 of Decision 345 within annual species and of five (5) years, exceptionally extend and perennial species, as of the date of

e 27 Evaluation in the Breeder’s Field

Upon request of the breeder and subject to the appr Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, in coordination with the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies, the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Decision 345 may be

sed in the place or places where the breeder has

Article 28 Application Abandonment

t in cases where be deemed to have been abandoned if the corresponding file remains inactive for three (3) months due to the lack of a response by the applicant. There shall be no

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The resolution declaring the abandonment of the application shall be notified to the

Under Article 33(b) of Decision 345, a breeder’s rights shall be null and void if it is n information and

person concerned. Abandonment shall not be lifted nor shall the fees paid be returned [to the applicant] when an application is declared abandoned.

Article 29 Nullity of the Breeder’s Certificate

established that the granting of such rights was essentially based upo documents furnished by the breeder and the conditions of uniformity and stability are not complied with at the time of the grant of the breeder’s right.

CHAPTER VI INFRINGEMENTS

Article 30 Actions for Infringement of Rights

Notwithstanding any admissible civil and criminal proceedings, the holder of a Breeder’s who infringes his or her

(a) the indication of the protected plant variety that is the subject of the infringement

r the place or means whereby the infringement is presumed to have taken place; and

the necessary measures so that customs authorities may prevent infringing products from entering the country;

The Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies shall maintain a register of infringers.

Certificate may bring infringement proceedings against anyone rights. The licensee of a Breeder’s Certificate may file an action for infringement against anyone who infringes the rights of the holder of a Breeder’s Certificate, so long as such right is provided for in the licensing contract and the holder has been notified accordingly. Actions for infringement shall also be brought when there is imminent danger that the holder’s rights will be infringed.

Article 31 Requirements for Proceedings involving Infringement of Rights

The proceedings must be made in writing to the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies and contain:

[proceedings], or the target of an infringement threat;

(b) a description of the facts that have caused the infringement;

(c) the name and address or any other information that can be used to identify the infringer, o

(d) any other information that would allow the authorities to put an end to the infringement.

Article 32 Precautionary Measures

The holder whose right has been infringed may request:

(a) the cessation of infringing acts;

(b) the seizure of reproduction or propagation or multiplication material of the protected variety, or of the product of the harvest;

(c) the temporary closure of the infringer’s business;

(d) the adoption of

(e) the publication of the sentence at the expense of the infringer; and

(f) in general, any necessary measures to prevent the infringement from taking place or continuing.

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Article 33 Time-Limit for the Suspected Infringer to Present his or her Arguments

ay, within a non-renewable period of fifteen (15) days, present such arguments and evidence as he or she may deem appropriate.

rate of Inventions and New Technologies shall proceed to issue the corresponding resolution.

d or confirmed at second instance, the Directorate f Inventions and New Technologies may seek the assistance of law-enforcement

nt action or denunciation, the plaintiff may request that, on his or her own behalf and at his or her own risk, an inspection visit be made to the premises

is the responsibility of every individual to provide the necessary facilities so that the Directorate of Inventions and of New Technologies and the Sub-Directorate for Genetic esources and Biotechnology may fulfill the inspection role described in this Article.

Whoever is in the premises shall indicate the name or denomination of the business that perates there.

If during the course of the inspection, the infringement or imminent threat thereof is conclusively substantiated, the required measures shall be taken immediately, if necessary with the help of law-enforcement agencies, to prevent or stop the infringement, such as impoundment and immobilization of the reproduction or propagation or multiplication material for the variety or product of the harvest of the variety allegedly infringed; or the temporary closure of the premises.

If the infringement or threat thereof is not proven during the inspection, the Directorate of Inventions and of New Technologies may request the Sub-Directorate for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology for a technical opinion on the matter. A record shall be drawn up of everything carried out during the inspection visit, including goods impounded, a copy of which shall be delivered to the plaintiff or denouncer and the alleged infringer.

Article 36 Continuance, Modification or Cessation of Precautionary Measures

In the event that precautionary measures have been adopted, the resolution issued by the Directorate of Inventions and of New Technologies pursuant to Article 33, shall also decide on the continuation, modification or cessation of precautionary measures taken.

Once the infringement action or denunciation has been filed by the holder, the Directorate of Inventions and New Technologies shall inform the presumed infringer so that he or she m

Article 34 Issuance of Resolution and Execution of Measures Ordered

Once the time-limit referred to in Article 33 above has expired, the Directo

Once the resolution has been approve o agencies to ensure that the measures mandated are carried out.

Article 35 Inspection and Adoption of Precautionary Measures

By filing an infringeme

where the infringement is known or presumed to be taking place, so that the necessary precautionary measures may be taken to prevent or stop the infringement.

Representatives of the Directorate of Inventions and of New Technologies and of the Sub-Directorate for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology shall appear at the designated premises and notify the alleged infringer of the infringement proceedings filed, then proceed to verify the facts denounced and hear the arguments of the person in charge of the premises, or in his or her absence, of whoever is there.

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Article 37 Responsibility for Malicious or Negligent Acts or Denunciations

The plaintiff or denouncer shall be liable for damages caused to the alleged infringer, in case of malicious or negligent acts or denunciations. Public officials shall be accountable

been infringed may only request compensation for damages dministrative remedies have been exhausted.

FINAL SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

under the law.

Article 38 Damages

A holder whose rights have by way of civil proceedings, once a

First. For the purposes of these Regulations, the first administrative authority shall be nd and

final administrative authority shall be deemed to be the Tribunal for the Protection of Property, pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 1033 and

amendments thereto.

ction of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI), and, as an alternate, by a representative of the Sub-Directorate for Genetic Resources and

National Institute of Agrarian Innovation (INIA). Both entities shall decide the pertinence of their participation in terms of their roles.

deemed to be the Directorate of Inventions and of New Technologies and the seco

Competition and Intellectual

Second. The Republic of Peru shall be represented before the Sub-Regional Committee for the Protection of Plant Varieties of the Andean Group and before any other official international entity involved in this area, as a titular member, by a representative of the Directorate of Inventions and of New Technologies of the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Prote

Biotechnology of the

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Artículo 4.- Refrendo

ALAN GARCÍA PÉREZ Presidente Constitucional de la República

ROSARIO DEL PILAR FERNÁNDEZ FIGUEROA Presidenta del Consejo de Ministros y Ministra de Justicia

RAFAEL QUEVEDO FLORES Ministro de Agricultura

EDUARDO FERREYROS KUPPERS Ministro de Comercio Exterior y Turismo

REGLAMENTO DE PROTECCiÓN A lOS DERECHOS DE lOS OBTENTORES DE VARIEDADES VEGETALES CAPíTULO I ÁMBITO DE APLICACiÓN

Articulo 1°," Ámbito de aplicación

Artículo 2°," Definiciones A los fines del presente Reglamento:

2.1 Se entenderá por "obtentor": a) La persona que haya creado o descubierto y puesto a punto una variedad, b) La persona que sea el empleador de la persona antes mencionada o que haya

encargado su trabajo, o c) El derechohabiente de la primera o de la segunda persona mencionadas, según sea el caso.

2.2 Cabe preci�ar que el descubrimiento no es el simple hallazgo, sino se refiere a la actividad de selección dentro de la variación natural en una población de plantas, y la puesta a punto es el proceso de reproducción o multiplicación y evaluación.

2.3 Se entenderá por "variedad" un conjunto de plantas de un conjunto de individuos botánicos cultivados que, con independencia de si responde o no plenamente a las condiciones para la concesión de un derecho de obtentor, pueda:

a) Definirse por la expresión de los caracteres resultantes de un cierto genotipo o de una cierta combinación de genotipos,

b) Distinguirse de cualquier otro conjunto de plantas por la expresión de uno de dichos caracteres por lo menos, y

c) Considerarse como una unidad, habida cuenta de su aptitud a propagarse sin alteración.

2.4 A los fines de lo dispuesto en el artículo 27' de la Decisión 345 de la Comisión del Acuerdo de Cartagena (en adelante "Decisión 345"), se entenderá por "material", en relación con una variedad:

a) El material de reproducción o de multiplicación vegetativa, en cualquier forma, b) El producto de la cosecha, incluidas las plantas enteras y las partes de plantas, y

c) Todo producto fabricado directamente a partir del producto de la cosecha,

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AUTORIDAD COMPETENTE

Artículo 3°._ Autoridades Competentes

b) Realizar el examen de novedad de las solicitudes de Certificado de Obtentor que se presenten ante la Dirección de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologías,

c) Fijar y recaudar, en coordinación con la Sub Dirección de Recursos Genéticos y Biotecnologia, las tarifas por los servicios inherentes a la protección de las variedades, de acuerdo con lo precisado en el Texto ^Único de Procedimientos Administrativos del Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI),

d) Abrir y mantener un Registro Nacional de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas,

e) Publicar mensualmente en la Gaceta de la Propiedad Intelectual todos los actos juridicos relativos a las variedades vegetales protegidas que sean objeto de registro,

_D Comunicar el otorgamiento de los Certificados de Obtentor a la Secretaría General de la Comunidad Andina en un plazo no mayor de cinco (5) dias hábiles, contados a partir de la fecha en que quede consentida la resolución que otorga el Certificado de Obtentor.

g) Comunicar el término de los Certificados de Obtentor a la Secretaria General de la Comunidad Andina en un plazo no mayor de 24 horas, contados a partir de la emisión del pronunciamiento correspondiente.

h) Otorgar Certificados de Obtentor.

i) Llevar a cabo las inscripciones, cancelaciones y anulaciones de los Certificados de Obtentor, anotándolos en el Registro Nacional de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas.

j) Registrar los contratos de licencias que se otorguen, a solicitud del titular del Certificado de Obtentor o de Iicenciatario.

k) Preparar y ejecutar los acuerdos que en materia de protección de obtenciones vegetales puedan establecerse con organizaciones internacionales o de otros paises.

1) Mantener, en coordinación con la Sub Dirección de Recursos Genéticos y Biotecnologia, las relaciones con los organismos internacionales o de paises con los que el Perú haya establecido acuerdos en materia de protección de obtenciones vegetales, dando curso a las actividades mutuamente acordadas, salvo en los casos en que la legislación general del Estado Peruano establezca otros causes.

m) Atender los requerimientos que las autoridades judiciales le dirijan en relación con los litigios, que en materia de protección de obtenciones vegetales se susciten.

n) Las demás facultades administrativas que le otorga la Decisión 345.

Serán funciones de la Sub Dirección de Recursos Genéticos y Biotecnologia:

a) Establecer los criterios y los procedimientos para la realización de los exámenes de distinción, homogeneidad y estabilidad de una variedad, en coordinación con la Dirección de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologias.

b) Validar los exámenes realizados por el obtentor, de la distinción, homogeneidad y estabilidad de una variedad; emitir concepto técnico y establecer en coordinación con la Dirección de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologias, los acuerdos de colaboración con otras instituciones nacionales o extranjeras para los fines que se señala en el presente literal.

c) Validar, para la Dirección de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologias, el depósito de material vivo en el campo del obtentor, en una institución científica, ya sea nacional, o de otro país miembro de la Comunidad Andina, o de uno que conceda trato recíproco y que cuente con la legislación sobre protección a los derechos de los obtentores de variedades vegetales de reconocimiento internacional.

d) Establecer los mecanismos de homologación de los exámenes practicados en el extranjero, para acredítar los requisitos de distinción, homogeneidad y estabílídad,

e) Mantener el Fondo Documental del Registro N^acional de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas,

D Emitir informe de registrabílidad,

g) Publicar el Boletín Anual del Registro Nacional de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas con iníormaciones sobre las solicitudes de derecho de obtentor y su concesión, y las denominaciones propuestas {aprobadas,

h) Las demás facultades técnicas que le otorga la Decisión 345,

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RECONOCIMIENTO DE LOS DERECHOS DEL OBTENTOR y DEL REGISTRO DE VARIEDADES VEGETALES PROTEGIDAS

Artículo 6°.· Otorgamiento del Certífícado de Obtentor

Artículo 7°.· Denominacíón de la variedad

7.1 Designación de las variedades por denominaciones: utilización de la denominación, La variedad será designada por una denominación destinada a ser su designación genérica, A reserva de lo dispuesto en el párrafo 7.4, ningún derecho relativo a la designación registrada como la denominación de la variedad obstaculizará la libre utilización de la denominación en relación con la variedad, incluso después de la expiración del derecho de obtentor.

7,2 Características de la denominación. La denominación deberá permitir identificar la variedad y no podrá componerse únicamente de cifras, salvo cuando sea una práctica establecida para designar variedades, Asimismo, no deberá ser susceptible de inducir a error o de prestarse a confusión sobre las características, el valor o la identidad de la variedad o sobre la identidad del obtentor. Concretamente, deberá ser diferente de toda denominación que designe, en el territorio de cualquier Miembro de la Unión Internacional para la Protección de las Obtenciones Vegetales,

en adelante la UPOV, una variedad existente de la misma especie vegetal o de una

especie vecina.

7.3 Registro de la denominación. La denominación de la variedad será propuesta por el obtentor y la Dirección de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologias comprobará que ésta cumpla con las exigencias establecidas en el párrafo 7.2 del presente articulo y de no ser asi, ésta denegará el registro de la denominación propuesta y exigirá que el obtentor proponga otra denominación en un plazo prescrito.

7.4 Derechos anteriores de terceros. Los derechos anteriores de terceros no serán afectados. Si, en virtud de un derecho anterior, la utilización de la denominación de una variedad está prohibida a una persona que está obligada a utilizarla, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el párrafo 7.7, la Dirección de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologías exigirá que el obtentar proponga otra denominación para la variedad.

7.5 Misma denominación en todos los Miembros de la UPOV. Toda variedad objeto de solicitud de concesión de un derecho de obtentor deberá ser presentada bajo la misma denominación en todos los Miembros de la UPOV. La Dirección de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologías deberá registrar la denominación así propuesta, a menos que considere que la denominación no cumple con las exigencías de los párrafos precedentes. En tal caso, exigirá que el obtentor proponga otra denominación.

7.6 Información en matería de denominación de variedades. La Dirección de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologías deberá asegurar la puesta en conocimiento a las autoridades de los Miembros de la UPOV de la información relativa a las denominacíones de variedades, concretamente, de la propuesta, el registro y la cancelación de denominaciones. Cualquier autoridad de los Miembros de la UPOV podrá hacer de conocimiento sus observaciones eventuales sobre el registro de una denominación a la Dírección de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologías que la haya comunicado.

7.7 Obligación de utilizar la denominación. Quien, en la República del Perú proceda a la puesta en venta o a la comercialización del material de reproducción o de multiplicación vegetativa de una variedad protegida en dicho territorio, estará obligado a utilizar la denominación de esa variedad, incluso después de la expiración del derecho de obtentor relativo a esa variedad, a condición de que, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el párrafo 7.4, no se opongan derechos anteriores a esa utilización.

7.8 Indicaciones utilizadas en asociación con denominaciones. Cuando una variedad se ofrezca en venta o se comercialice, estará permitido asociar una marca de producto, un nombre comercial u otro signo distintivo, a la denominación de variedad registrada. Si tal indicación se asociase de esta forma, la denominación deberá ser, no obstante, fácilmente reconocible.

Articulo 8° ,-Representantes de personas domiciliadas en el extranjero

Articu lo 9° ,-Acción reivindicatoria del Certificado de Obtentor

Articulo 10°,_ Reivindicación de prioridad

a) Copia certificada de los documentos que constituyen la primera solicitud debidamente visada por la autoridad ante la cual haya sido presentada; y,

b) Muestras o cualquier otra prueba de que la variedad objeto de las dos solicitudes es la misma.

Articulo 11°,_ Opinión técnica de otras instituciones

Artículo 12°,_ Registro Nacional de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas

Artículo 13°,_ Plazo de protección

Capítulo IV

DERECHOS, EXCEPCIONES Y OBLIGACIONES DEL OBTENTOR

Artículo 14°,_ Derechos derivados del registro

Articulo 15°,_ Variedades esencialmente derívadas

Artículo 16°Reserva y siembra para propio uso

Artículo 17° ,0 Obligación de mantener y reponer la muestra viva de la variedad

Artículo 18° ,0 Pago de anualidades

Capítulo V

PRESENTACi^ÓN DE LA SOLICITUD Y SU ADMISi^ÓN O RECHAZO

Artículo 19°,0 Requisitos de la solicitud

a) Nombre, dirección y nacionalidad del solicitante;

b) Nombre común y científico de la especie;

c) Indicación de la denominación propuesta;

d) Nombre de la persona que haya creado o descubierto y puesto a punto una variedad si difiere de la persona indicada en el literal a) del presente artículo;

e) Aspectos morfológicos, fisiológicos, sanitarios, fenológicos, fisicoquímicos y cualidades industriales o tecnológicas más destacables que permitan la descripción de la variedad;

o Método y procedimiento de obtención de la nueva variedad, asi como toda información sobre cualquier conocimiento relativo a la variedad que pueda facilitar el examen del cumplimiento de las condiciones establecidas en el articulo 7' de la Decisión 345 y de que la variedad sea designada por una denominación conforme a lo dispuesto en el artículo 7' del presente Reglamento.

g) De tratarse de una variedad solicitada previamente en el extranjero, el solicitante indicará información en su conocimiento sobre:

• Paises en los cuales se ha solicitado protección;
• Tipo de protección que se ha solicitado;
• Números de solicitud correspondientes;
• Fecha de presentación;
• Situación de la solicitud;
• Denominación o referencia del obtentor o inventor, de tratarse de una solicitud de patente de invención; y,
• Fecha de registro.

h) La resolución de cancelación de registro de marca, en el caso que la denominación propuesta por el solicitante haya sido registrada en su nombre como marca de producto o de servicio para productos idénticos o similares en el sentido de la legislación sobre marcas, en un País Miembro de la Comunidad Andina;

i) El comprobante de haber pagado la tasa de presentación establecida;

j) La Dirección de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologías, podrá solicitar otra información, documentos o materiales necesarios con vistas al examen del cumplimiento de las condiciones establecidas en el articulo r de la Decisión 345 y que la variedad sea designada por una denominación conforme a lo dispuesto en el articulo 7' del presente Reglamento.

k) De ser el caso, documentos de poder, cesión y cualquier otro documento adicional de acuerdo a lo establecido en el articulo 5.2 del Acta de la UPOV 91.

Artículo 200." Examen de forma de la solicitud

Artículo 21 ° ," Publicación

Artículo 22°," Observaciones por parte de terceros

Artículo 23," Contestación a la observación

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Artículo 24°," Examen de fondo de la solicitud

Artículo 25°," Validación u homologación de exámenes

Artículo 26° ," Plazo para el pronunciamiento de la Autoridad Competente

Artículo 27'," Evaluación en el campo del obtentor

Articulo 28' ," Abandono de la solicitud

Articulo 29' ," Nulidad del Certificado de Obtentor

Capítulo VI LAS INFRACCIONES

Artículo 30'," Acción por violación de derechos

Artículo 31'." Requisitos de la acción por violación de derechos

a) La indicación de la variedad vegetal protegida materia de violación o sobre la cual exista amenaza de violación;

b) La descripción de los hechos que producen la violación;

c) El nombre y el domicilio o cualquier otro dato que sirva para identificar al infractor, o el lugar o medio donde se presume se realizó la violación; y,

d) Cualquier otra información que permita a las autoridades hacer efectivo el cese de la violación.

Articulo 32°," Medidas cautelares

El titular cuyo derecho haya sido lesionado podrá solicitar:

a) La cesación de los hechos violatorios;

b) El comiso del material de reproducción, propagación o multiplicación de la variedad protegida, o del producto de la cosecha;

c) El cierre temporal del negocio infractor: d) La adopción de las medidas necesarias para que las autoridades aduaneras impidan el ingreso al país de los productos infractores;

e) La publicación de la resolución condenatoria a costa del infractor; y,

o En general, las medidas que sean necesarias para evitar que prosiga o que se produzca la violación.

Articulo 33°," Plazo para que el presunto infractor presente sus argumentos

Artículo 34°," Emisión de la resolucíón y ejecución de las medidas ordenadas

Artículo 35° ,. Inspección y adopción de medidas cautelares

Artículo 36°,· Permanencia, modificación o cesación de las medidas cautelares

Articulo 37°,·Responsabilidad por acciones o denuncias maliciosas o negligentes

Articulos 38°.· Daños y perjuicios

DISPOSICIONES COMPLEMENTARIAS FINALES