Order No 2-133 of 2007 of Minister of Agriculture of Georgia on Rules for Appellation by Interested Parties in Publication of Information about New Animal Species; as well as Rule for Consideration of Applications; Extending, Terminating and Reinstating Procedural Deadlines; and Issuance of Mandatory License

The Order regulates publication of information on new species of animals and mandatory licensing rules. It consists of 23 articles: Application (1); Petition (2); Description of new species of animals (3); Photographic description (4); Naming of the new species of animals (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 animals (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 animals (19); Validity period for compulsory license (20); Being issued with compulsory license (21); Revocation of compulsory license (22); and Appellation of decision (23).