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STATUTORY TASKS

The main statutory tasks of the Research Centre for Cultivar Testing:

maintaining of national list of varieties ( NLI )
maintaining of register of varieties protected by Plant Breeders' Rights ( PBR )
preparation of national guidelines for distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) testing based on the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) protocols and on the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) guidelines,
development of methods for value for cultivation and use assessment (VCU),
carrying out of DUS tests as well as VCU assessment for the purpose of variety listing or granting of the plant breeders' rights,
granting of authorizations to place on the market of seed belonging to varieties accepted for official testing to a purpose of tests and trials,
carrying out of VCU assessment for varieties of vegetable and fruit plants, after their entering into the NLI, for descriptive lists purposes,
co-ordination and performance of post-registration variety testing and their recommendation,
publication of the Gazette for Plant Breeders' Rights and National List (Diariusz),
publication of the Polish National List of Varieties of Agricultural and Vegetable Plants as well as the Polish National List of Varieties of Fruit Plants,
publication of variety descriptive lists and results of post-registration testing,
publication of lists of varieties recommended for cultivation on the territory of the voivodeship in co-operation eith Voivodeship Self-governments and the Agricultural Chambers,
co-operation with variety listing authorities in EU member states and with the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO),
co-operation with organs of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) in the field of DUS tests and implementation of UPOV Convention provisions on the Polish territory,
notification to the European Commission and UE member states of information on national listing of varieties,
co-operation with the State Plant Health and Seed Inspection (PIORiN),
co-operation with Voivodeship Self-governments and Agricultural Chambers in the field of post-registration variety testing and their recommendation,
co-operation with organizations and institutions in the field of plant breeding and seed production,
implementation of other tasks resulted from the Polish Seed Act of June 26, 2003 (consolidated text P.O.J. No 41/2007, item 271; as amended) and the Law on the Legal Protection of Plant Varieties of June 26, 2003 (P.O.J. No 137/2003, item 1300; as amended)