Decree No. 94/2019/ND-CP on guidelines for some Articles of the Law on Crop Production regarding plant varieties and crop cultivation.

This Decree elaborates Clause 2 Article 12, Clause 8 Article 15, Clause 3 Article 16, Clause 3 Article 17, Clause 4 Article 21, Clause 3 Article 22, Clause 7 Article 24, Clause 3 Article 27, Clause 3 Article 28, Clause 5 Article 29, Clause 2 Article 56 and Clause 3 Article 57 of the Law on Crop Production.
Article 3 provides for conservation of plant genetic resources and nomenclature of plant genetic resources banned from export. The Department of Crop Production shall conclude contracts with qualified organizations or individuals for periodic investigation into and collection of plant genetic resources. Plant genetic resources shall be conserved at the Plant Resources Center and members of the plant resources conservation network nationwide under the contracts with the Department of Crop Production.
The Decree further makes provisions, inter alia, for: establishing, storing and sharing data on plant genetic resources, applications and procedures for issuance, re-issuance, extension, suspension, restoration and invalidation of the decision on recognition of plant variety circulation, applications and procedures for issuance, re-issuance and invalidation of the decision on recognition of a plant variety testing organization, eligibility requirements for production and sale of plant varieties, labeling and advertising of plant varieties, applications and procedures for licensing export and import of plant varieties, the protection and use of topsoil of arable wet rice cultivation land, crop structure shift occurring on paddy land, etc.