Order No 2-132 of 2007 of Minister of Agriculture of Georgia on Rules for Appellation by Interested Parties in Publication of Information about New Plant Species, as well as Rule for Consideration of Applications; Extending, Terminating and Reinstating Procedural Deadlines; and Issuance of Compulsory License

The Order regulates publication of information on new species of plants and mandatory licensing rules. It consists of 23 articles: Application (1); Petition (2); Description of new species of plants (3); Photographic description (4); Naming of the new species of plants (5); Filing the application (6); Filing the application with Sakpatenti (Intellectual property authority in Georgia) that has already been submitted in another country (7); Assessment of formal compliance of the application (8); Confirmation of date of filing (9); Publication (10); Registration of new species of plants (11); Changes to the registry (12); Extension of procedural deadlines (13); Withdrawal of application (14); Re-submittal of application (15); Considering appellations (16); Issuing compulsory license (17); Terms of issuance of compulsory license (18); Scope of use of new species of plants (19); Validity period for compulsory license (20); Being issued with compulsory license (21); Revocation of compulsory license (22); and Appellation of decision (23).