The Secretary-General of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) presents his compliments and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of the Slovak Republic, on May 12, 2009, of its instrument of accession to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of December 2, 1961, as revised at Geneva on November 10, 1972, on October 23, 1978, and on March 19, 1991.
The said International Convention as revised in 1991 will enter into force, with respect to the Slovak Republic, on June 12, 2009.
May 12, 2009