Process description
Service requests
E-mail
• Customer sends documents to pasts@vaad.gov.lv or official electronic address
• documents must be signed with a secure electronic signature
Mail
• Customer sends documents by mail
In person
• customer arrives at the State Plant Protection Service and submits documents
Documents to be submitted
For the inclusion of a variety in the list of varieties of fruit trees and berry:
• for a variety for which a variety check has been carried out:
- Varietal Check Technical Questionnaire
- official description of the variety
- the final result of the variety test report issued by the inspection body which carried out the variety inspection
• for a variety which has not undergone a variety examination and which has been marketed before 30 September 2012:
- a description of the variety, including characteristics and expressions of the variety, as well as information about the author of the description
- a copy of the publication of the description of the variety, specifying the bibliography of the edition
- information showing that the variety has been traded before 30 September 2012 (e.g. a copy of publicly available information on the marketing of the variety or any other type of evidence on the marketing of the variety)
• a permit which has been issued for the distribution of a genetically modified variety on the market in accordance with the regulatory enactments regarding the circulation of genetically modified organisms
* for a variety or variety included in the State Register of Latvian Protected Varieties of Plants, which has been included in the Register, only an application shall be submitted
For the extension of the term of maintenance of the variety in the List of Varieties of Fruit Wood and Ogulese:
• application regarding the need to extend the term of the maintenance of the variety in the List of Fruit Trees and Ogulese Varietals
• Information that propagating material is available
For the deletion of a variety from the list of varieties of fruit trees and berry species:
• application for the deletion of the variety from the List of Fruit Bovine and Ogulary Varieties
The State Plant Protection Service shall:
• review the documents submitted;
• check the name of the variety (for a new variety) or compare the variety name and its synonyms (for a variety for which no variety examination has been carried out and which has been traded before 30 September 2012);
• check the conformity of the variety with the requirements specified in regulatory enactments;
• take a decision on the inclusion of the variety in the list of varieties of fruit trees and berry;
Or
• take a decision on extending the period of maintenance of the variety to the list of varieties of fruit trees and berry;
Or
• take a decision on the removal of the variety from the list of varieties of fruit trees and ogulates.Payment of state fee
National fee must be paid before the service is received
according to Cabinet Regulation No. 1026 of 1 October 2013, Regulations Regarding State Charge in the Field of Seed Circulation, Sub-paragraphs 2.3 or 2.5 (see Section “Other Information” - “Legislative Acts”).
Amount of the State fee:
• for the inclusion of a variety in the Latvian Catalogue of Plant Varieties, EUR 17,07;
• on the extension of the period of maintenance of the variety in the Latvian plant variety catalogue, EUR 17,07.
The State fee for the deletion of a variety from the list of varieties of fruit trees and berry must not be paid.
State Fee Properties
Consignee: Treasury
Registration No 90000050138
Account No. LV37TREL1060160919900
Bank: Treasury
BIC: TRELLV22
Notes: Revenue classification code 9.1.9.9.
Purpose: On the inclusion of a variety in the Latvian Catalogue of Plant Varieties
Or
On the extension of the term for the maintenance of the variety in the Latvian Plant Variety CatalogueReceipt of services
Inclusion of a variety in the list of varieties of fruit trees and berry species or removal from the list