TO REDUCE 20 - 50% OF FEES AND CHARGES IN CROP PRODUCTION AND FOREST TREE VARIETIES
This new content is prescribed by the Ministry of Finance in the Circular No. 56/2020/TT-BTC dated June 12, 2020 on prescribing the rates and remittance of fees and charges in crop production and forest tree varieties.
Accordingly, an organization or individual that requests the competent state agency for grant of a protection title or a certificate of registration of a contract on transferring industrial property rights; filing an application for protection of intellectual property rights; grant of industrial property representation practice certificates, publication and recording of industrial property representatives shall pay a fee equal to the fee specified in Section I of the charge and fee Tariff in crop production and forest tree varieties attached to the Circular No. 207/2016/TT-BTC dated November 09, 2016.
For cases of maintaining the validity of plant variety protection certificate, from June 12, 2020, an organization or individual that submits an application to the competent state agency for protection of plant varieties (maintaining the validity of plant variety protection certificate) shall pay charges as follows:
Firstly, for cases of maintaining the validity of plant variety protection certificate from the 1st year to the 9th year, the charge rates to be remitted shall be equal 80% of the charge rates specified in Point 3, Section III of the charge and fee Tariff in crop production and forest tree varieties attached to the Circular No. 207/2016/TT-BTC.
Secondly, for cases of maintaining the validity of plant variety protection certificate from the 10th year to the end of the validity period of the protection certificate, the charge rates to be remitted shall be equal 70% of the charge rates specified in Point 3, Section III of the charge and fee Tariff in crop production and forest tree varieties attached to the Circular No. 207/2016/TT-BTC.
This Circular takes effect from June 12, 2020, until the end of December 31, 2020.
