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Intellectual property rights

– GMO varieties of seeds in general are banned based on health codes.

– Farmer own seeds:

  • Farmer can keep their own seeds
  • Can exchange their seeds as a gift.. with restrictions
  • They cant sell their own seeds
  • Farmers can buy and use what they want except GMOs
  • Farmers can buy and use seeds that are sold for nonprofessional uses.

 

– If rules are infringed: 

  • Seeds can be seized only for unauthorized GMO
  • Seeds can be destroyed for unauthorized GMO
  • Harvest can be seized only if its unauthorized GMO
  • Harvested product can be seized only if its GMO
  • They can be fined at the level of the seed seller and at the level fo the farmer.. if they uses PVP protected varieties without paying loyalties.
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