Content of the Application for a Variety Patent:

(1) The application for the grant of a variety patent shall contain:

(a) a request for the grant of a variety patent and the data identifying the applicant or applicants as the case may be;
(b) a provisional denomination of the variety;
(c) identification of the botanical taxon, with both its Latin and its common name;
(d) a technical questionnaire describing the new variety in a standardized form;
(e) a claim of priority deriving from an earlier application filed in another State, where
applicable.

(2) The application for the grant of a variety patent shall be accompanied by the following documents:

(a) proof of payment of the fee for the filing of the application;
(b) documents confirming the priority, if claimed;
(c) the power of attorney where the applicant is represented by an authorized agent;
(d) a statement by the applicant on his own responsibility, that the variety for which protection (is sought) has not been commercially exploited, as provided in Article 6;
(e) the names of the breeder or breeders and a declaration by the applicant according to which, to the best of his knowledge, no other persons have been involved in breeding, or discovery and development of the variety;
(f) the instrument of assignment of the right to the grant of a variety patent where the applicant is not the same person as the breeder;
(g) any other documents and material capable of providing information on the origin and
testing of the new variety, or on any variety patent application filed in another country;
(h) the geographical origin of the variety.

(3) The application shall relate to one variety only.

(4) All documentation shall be submitted in Romanian.