Farm saved seed in the
Czech Republic
Ing. Vojtech Dukát
The contents of the lecture:
Variety Owners´ Co-operative
Act No. 408/ 2000 Coll., on the protection of plant variety
rights
System for collection of information and remunerations for
use of Farm saved seed
 Statistics
1. Variety Owners' Co-operative
The Variety Owners' Co-operative was founded in December 2001 by the
holders of the breeding rights – for the plant varieties developed by the Czech
companies, and by the authorised representatives – for the foreign varieties.
The reason for establishing the Co-operative was to form a joint organisation
which would collect information and remunerations for the use of farm saved
seed the plant protected varieties.
The Co-operative is an association of legal entities and individuals
representing the owners and representatives of the plant varieties registered in
the Czech Republic.
The Co-operative's activity is managed by a five-member board.
According to the Co-operative's memorandum, the board is elected to
comprise at least 3 representatives of the breeding companies which are
demonstrably engaged in breeding new varieties. The routine activities are
managed and organised by the Director.
At present, the Co-operative has three full-time employees, 27 members
and four contractors. With certain exceptions, the Co-operative associates
all holders of the breeders' rights or their representatives in the Czech
Republic covering the varieties of species where the utilisation of farm
saved seed is permitted.
The Co-operative is a full member of the Czech Seed Trade Association.
The Co-operative's director is a member of the ESA Task Force on Farm
Saved Seed.
Apart from the issues concerning farm saved seed, the
Variety Owners' Co-operative is authorised and appointed
to:
- represent and defend the interests of the breeders' right
holders based on the legal protection of plants
- The Co-operative offers its members a service of
collecting the licence fees of certified seeds
Rights to the plant varieties in the Czech Republic were initially governed by
Act No. 408/2000 Coll., on protection of plant variety rights. The Act is based
on the Council Directive No. 2100/94 On the variety rights in the EEC.
The Act is specified:
the conditions and requirements for conferring the rights to the varieties,
proceedings concerning the protective rights, their scope
imposing the penalties for violation of or failure to obey the duties set out by the same
Act.
The Act conferred an exclusive right on the holders of the breeders' rights to the protected
variety to exploit the propagating material of such variety in the following ways:
a) Production or propagation
b) Processing for the purpose of propagation
c) Offering for sale
d) Sale
e) Market introduction for Member States and export to third countries
f)
Market introduction from Member States and import from third countries
g) Stocking for the purposes indicated in letters a) to f) above
The system for collection of information and remuneration for
use of farm saved seed in the Czech Republic
System was based on the following facts and circumstances arising out
of the national act on the protection of rights to the plant varieties:
1)The farmer is authorised without the prior consent of the breeder's right
holder to utilise the legally protected variety of his own harvest.
This reproductive material may be used exclusively for his own need to
grow the plants on arable land owned, leased or sub-leased by the same.
Such propagating material should come from the certified material,
either immediately or as a result of repeated reproduction.
2) The term "potato farm saved seed" refers exclusively to the
propagating material of the legally protected variety gained immediately
from growing the certified propagating material.
3) The farmer may utilise only the following plant species in the form of
farm saved seed and protected variety planting:
a) Cereals: Oat, Barley, Rye, Triticale, Wheat (common, durum, spelt)
b) Fodder plants: Yellow lupine, Lucerne, Field pea, Alexandrian and
Persian clover, Field bean, Common vetch
c) Potatoes
d) Oil and fibre plants: Swede rape, Turnip rape, Linseed (except flax)
4)Upon request of the breeder's right holder, the farmers and the
processors are obliged to inform in writing of their name, place of
business/registered office, registration number, scope of application
of farm saved seed, including the utilisation of the certified
propagating material for the variety concerned.
5) Upon request of the breeder's right holder, the farmers are obliged
to submit to the former the written data about the processor, unless the
farmer process farm saved seed by themselves.
The system for collection of information is based on the aforementioned provisions,
written notices and the farmers' obligation to disclose information about utilisation and
non-utilisation of farm saved seed.
Twice a year, all the farmers who grow plants on arable land with an area above 22
hectares are sent a questionnaire to indicate all the information concerning the utilisation
of farm saved seed:
As of 31.12. in the year of winter crops
As of 15.07. in the year of spring crops
The questionnaire requests only the information which the breeder's right holders are
authorised to in accordance with the legislation.
The questionnaire also includes a list of protected varieties for which the Co-operative is
authorised to collect the remunerations, a price list, and a copy of power of attorney
granted by the breeder's right holders.
4. Náhrada za využívání farmářského osiva a sadby ve smyslu §19a odst . 2. písm. c)
Družstvo vlastníků odrůd
Jihlavská 320/2, 664 41 T roubsko
Zapsané u Krajského soudu v Brně, oddíl Dr, vložka 3850
IČO: 26687640
DIČ CZ 26687640
Vypočt ená náhrada za všechny druhy a odrůdy podle přílohy t ét o žádost i celkem ( včet ně 19 % DP H)
Kč
V zastoupení fyzických a právnických osob, které jsou označeny jako zmocnitelé v plné moci a které
jsou držiteli šlechtitelských oprávnění k odrůdám rostlin ve smyslu zákona č. 408/2000 Sb., o ochraně
práv k odrůdám rostin,ve znění pozdějších předpisů žád
OZNÁMENÍ
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o rozsahu použití farmářského osiva a sadby
zásev JARO - 2006
podle zákona č. 408/2000 Sb., o ochraně práv k odrůdám rostlin, ve znění pozdějších předpisů
1. Údaje o pěstiteli ve smyslu § 19 a odst. 3 a 4
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družst va vedeného u pobočky ČSOB v Brně, č. ú . 174994658/0300 jako variabilní
symbol uveďt e Vaše IČO, spec. symbol ……… Na základě t ohot o oznámení bude
vyst avena P roforma fak
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e) oprávněná osoba pot vrzuje správnost , úplnost a pravdivost údajů uvedených v t omt o
oznámení, za kt eré nese plnou právní odpovědnost
f) údaje pěst it ele uvedené v t omt o oznámení budou poskyt nut y pouze držit elům
šlecht it elských práv k použit é odrůdě příp. jejich zást upcům v České republice
g )plné znění zákona č. 408/2000 Sb., o ochraně práv k odrůdám rost lin,ve znění
pozdějších předpisů, ceník a akt uální seznam právně chráněným odrůd zmocnit elů
Družst va vlast níků odrůd je uveřejněn na www.druvod.cz
h) t elefonické informace – 547 227 003, 724 227 506
i) k povinným informacím pat ří i sdělení o nevyužit í právně chráněné odrůdy
j) sdělení pot řebných informací a oznámení o rozsahu použit í farmářského osiva a sadby
je možné podat elekt ronickou formou, vyplněním formuláře na www.druvod.cz
(elekt ronické podání plně nahrazuje písemné podání v t omt o t iskopise).
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2. Prohlášení malého pěstitele podle § 2 písm. h.)
Vyplňuje pouze pěstitel,který podniká v zem ědělské výrobě na orné půdě o m axim ální vým ěře 22 ha.
Na základě tohoto prohlášení bude m alý pěstitel vyřazen z evidence pěstitelů /podle § 19a odst. 2
písm . c) /.
Výměra orné půdy, na které podniká pěstitel celkem
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3. Prohlášení o použití farmářských osiv ve smyslu § 19a odst. 6 písm. a)
Prohlašujeme že :
jsme nepoužili ve sledovaném období žádné farmářské osivo a sadbuvyjmenovaných
právně chráněných odrůd
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jsme použili ve sledovaném období farmářské osivo a sadbu vyjmenovaných
právněchráněných odrůd v rozsahu uvedeném v příloze tohoto přiznání
Razít ko a podpis oprávněné osoby
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6) The farmer is obliged to pay the breeder's right holder for the utilisation of the
protected variety at 50% of the usual price of the certified propagating material
licence within 6 months of the effective date of such obligation.
7) The obligation to pay the remuneration does not apply to small farmers. The term
"small farmer " refers to each farmer who manages and grows plants on arable land
with an area not exceeding 22 hectares.
8) Upon request, the breeder's right holders are obliged to inform the farmer about
the usual price of the certified seed licence fees for the variety concerned applicable
in the relevant calendar year.
The Co-operative draws up a list of varieties and a relevant price list on the basis of
the written authorisation granted yearly by the breeder's right holders. The
amount of remuneration is determined per one hectare of area under crops.
The written authorisation also includes a list of certified seed licence fees and their
amounts for particular varieties in the relevant year. This data is not included in
the price list and is communicated to the farmer upon their written request only.
The farmers may return the filled in questionnaire to the Co-operative by mail or in
the form of electronic mail (via Internet).
The farmers are also obliged to announce the non-utilisation of farm saved seed in
the reported period.
If farm saved seed are used, the farmer should remit the calculated remuneration
to the Co-operative's bank account.
The Co-operative's database holds approximately 5000 farmers.
9) The breeder's right holders are entitled to require information from the listed state
authorities (State Phytosanitary Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, Central
Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture concerning the production,
processing or utilisation of farm saved seed. The authorities may refuse to disclose
such information in the following cases:
- information cannot be obtained within routine procedures and activities of the
authority concerned
- information would be obtained only with extra costs incurred
- disclosure of the information would violate Act No. 101/ 2000 Coll., On Protection of
Personal Data
The state authorities are not involved in the collection of information and remuneration for
utilisation of farm saved seed. The Co-operative asks the state authorities to disclose only
the information concerning the utilisation of farm saved seed, e.g. list of the farmers in the
Czech Republic is requested from the Ministry of Agriculture.
If violation of any provision set out in the Act on Protection of Rights to the Plant Varieties
is suspected, the Co-operative initiates the administrative action at the Central Institute for
Supervising and Testing in Agriculture which is authorised by law to impose penalties for
such violation. Such collected penalties are channelled to the national budget.
Damages claimed by the breeder's right holders in relation to the violation of their
protected varieties may only be settled before a court of law. The Co-operative has not
litigated such dispute yet.
The Co-operative has only taken legal actions against the farmers, who did not accept to or
failed to pay remunerations. Such cases occur sporadically.
10) The processor is obliged to inform the breeder's right holder – upon the latter's request – about
quantities of farm saved seed supplied to the former for further processing, resultant quantity after
such conditioning, information about date and place of the processing, and name of the entity for
which the processing was carried out.
11) Propagating material of the protected variety should not be removed from the farmer for further
processing without the prior consent in writing by the breeder's right holder. Such consent is not
required if farm saved seed is transferred for further processing to the processor incorporated in the
List of Processors at the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture.
12) The processor who is to process the seeds of protected varieties must inform the Central
Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture about such activity in advance. The List of
Processors is published and updated on an annual basis in the Journal.
Twice a year, the Co-operative distributes among all the processors an
application for disclosure of necessary information which the Cooperative is authorised to obtain according to the legislation.
The information disclosed by the processors is used by the Co-operative
to check and verify the authenticity of data provided by the farmers.
The Co-operative's database holds approximately 250 processors.
13) The breeder's right holders are not entitled to disclose the information
concerning the utilisation of farm saved seed to a third party without the
prior permission of the provider of such information or to use the
information for purposes other than those related to the exercise of rights
granted by the aforementioned Act.
14) Upon written request of the breeder's right holder, the farmers and the
processors are obliged to produce a document which confirms the
information disclosed by the latter concerning farm saved seed.
By virtue of the amended Act on Protection of Rights to the Plant
Varieties (2005), the breeder's right holders were authorised to request
from the farmers and the processors the documents confirming the
authenticity of information disclosed by the latter.
Based on this authorisation, the Co-operative designs a system for
random inspections of the authenticity of data disclosed in the
questionnaires.
15) The breeder's right holders are entitled to request from the farmers
and the processors the information on the utilisation of farm saved
seed /including the documents confirming the authenticity of the
information provided by the latter/ for the current calendar year and
for three preceding years.
The act governs the cases where the farmer or the processor commits an
administrative tort. The administrative tort may be penalised by the administrative
action up to an amount of CZK 500,000. The case of administrative tort include the
following:
For the processors and the farmers, a failure to provide the breeder's right holder –
upon his request with:
-
Identification data
-
Document confirming the authenticity of information provided
For the processors:
-a failure to inform the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture
about the processing of the protected varieties
- a failure to inform the breeder's right holder about quantities of farm saved seed
supplied to the processor for further processing
-a failure about identification data of the entity for which the processing was carried
out.
For the farmers, a failure to provide the breeder's right holder – upon his
request – with:
-
Data about the scope of utilisation of farm saved seed
Data about the scope of utilisation of the certified material of the
variety concerned
-
Data about the processor who prepared the seeds
For the breeder's right holder:
- a failure to inform the farmer - upon his request - in writing about
the amount of remunerations and usual price of the certified
propagating material licence fees in the relevant calendar year.
The Co-operative shall inform the breeder's right holders – at regular
intervals stipulated in the contract – about the amounts of remuneration
collected in the relevant period.
The Co-operative shall also transmit all remuneration collected to the
relevant breeder's right holder.
The Co-operative charges its members and contractors are for such
activity on the basis of the amount of remuneration actually collected.
The entire system for collection and registration of information, statistic
and invoices is processed electronically.
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osetá plocha
plocha
podíl
podíl ostatní osivo
Plodina
plocha
í osivo
celkem (ha) certifikovaným certifik.
přiznaných
(ha)
fařmářským
(%)
osivem (ha)
osiva
farm. osiv
osivem (ha)
754 064,00
552 145,10
73,2 104 484,45
13,9 97 434,45 12,9
Pšenice setá
57 647,00
36 826,15
63,9 6 122,48
10,6 14 698,37 25,5
Pšenice setá
396 722,00
259 938,90
65,5 51 413,04
13,0 85 370,06 21,5
Ječmen jarní
124 058,00
76 630,95
61,8 22 222,55
17,9 25 204,50 20,3
Ječmen ozimý
29 123,00
23 936,64
82,2 3 956,01
13,6 1 230,35 4,2
Hrách setý
51 667,00
8 781,20
17,0 10 619,32
20,6 32 266,48 62,5
Oves
48 300,00
24 856,28
51,5 2 556,02
5,3 20 887,70 43,2
Žito ozimé
64 404,00
30 570,15
47,5 7 201,74
11,2 26 632,11 41,4
Tritikale ozimé
278 000,00
238 743,00
85,9 5 342,50
1,92 33 914,50 12,20
Řepka ozimá
36 072,00
25 191,69
69,8
526,37
1,46 10 353,94 28,70
Brambory
7 336,00
2 812,92
38,34
245,34
3,34 4 277,74 58,31
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