i:\orgupov\shared\publicat\438(e)\gazettes\87\laws\denmarkord51feb96.rtfAs received from Ministry of Agriculture, Demark and reproduced in PVP GazetteNo. 87, March 2000Order No. 51 of 5 February, 1996THE DANISH PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION ACTThis is to consolidate the Act on Plant Variety Protection, cf. Act No 866 of 23 December, 1987, with theamendments that ensue from Act No. 1107 of 21 December 1994, and Act No. 1086 of 20 December, 1995.Chapter IScope of the ActArticle 11) Varieties of all species and genera of plant may be protected as plant novelties if at the time ofgranting of protection they are1) independent, by which is meant that they are distinguishable by one or more characteristics, orby a combination of characteristics, from any other variety known at the time when protectionis applied for,2) sufficiently uniform,3) stable in their specific characteristics (main characteristics) when propagated in accordancewith the method specified by the breeder and4) new, by which is m...