Infringements of the exclusive right

The following activities infringe the exclusive right of the breeder and may result in legal-civil or criminal penalties:

  • sowing the harvested material of a hybrid variety (F1) or a synthetic variety;
  • sowing the harvested material of a variety protected with PBR, that belongs to the species not allowed by law to sow as FSS (check the list of allowed species);
  • sowing the harvested material of a variety protected with PBR without paying FSS fee to the breeder

In the season of increased demand for seed material, a particularly large number of infringements of the exclusive right result from the activity of the so-called “grey area”, i.e. illegal trade in seed material. Infringements of the exclusive right also include:

  • offering or selling for sowing the material of a variety protected with PBR without a written license from the breeder;
  • sowing non-certified seed of a variety protected with PBR, purchased e.g. on a marketplace or ads website, or exchanged with a neighbour;
  • sowing purchased feed material, consumer material or other not intended for sowing.

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