Operates a plant breeders' rights system which covers the territory of its 17 member States (member States of OAPI: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo).
Operates a plant breeders' rights system which covers the territory of its 27 member States (member States of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden).
Original accession to the 1978 Act by the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic: November 4, 1991; Entry into force: December 4, 1991. Declaration of continued application by the Slovak Republic: January 12, 1993. Entry into force date given as date of independence.
Original accession to the 1978 Act by the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic: November 4, 1991; Entry into force: December 4, 1991. Declaration of continued application by the Czech Republic: January 12, 1993. Entry into force date given as date of independence.