1(As published in the UPOV Gazette No. 93, June 2002)408ACTof 25 October 2000on the protection of plant variety rights and the amendment to Act No. 92/1996 Coll., onplant varieties, seed and planting material of cultivated plants, as last amended,(Act on the protection of plant variety rights)The Parliament has adopted the following Act of the Czech Republic:PART ONECHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONSArticle 1This Act regulatesa) the rights and obligations with respect to new plant varieties,1b) the powers and role of state administration authorities in the field of plant varietyrights to varieties,c) the proceedings for the grant of plant variety rights,d) the control of variety maintenance, ande) the imposition of sanctions for infringement of obligations stipulated by this Act.Article 2DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Acta) “plant variety rights” means rights and obligations to plant varieties resulting from aneffective decision of the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agr...