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FARMERS' RIGHTS LEGISLATION &
POLICY DATABASE:
Costa
Rica
Legislation on Farmers' Rights and community
rights related to crop genetic resources
Biodiversity
Law
Status: Adopted as of 23 April 1998
Relevant provisions: Chapter 1. General Rules, Chapter 5. Access
to Genetic Components and Biochemicals and Protection of Associated Knowledge:
Article 82, 83, 84, 85 (Sui generis community intellectual rights).
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Legislation on conservation and sustainable
use of crop genetic resources
Biodiversity Law
Status: Adopted as of 23 April 1998
Relevant provisions: Chapter 1. General Rules, Chapter 4.
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Ecosystems and Species.
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Traditional knowledge
legislation
No legislation found
Bioprospecting
legislation with access and benefit sharing
provisions
Biodiversity Law
Status: Adopted as of 23 April 1998
Relevant provisions: Chapter 1. General Rules, Chapter 5. Access
to Genetic Components and Biochemicals and Protection of Associated Knowledge:
Article 82, 83, 84, 85 (Sui generis community intellectual rights).
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Decree No. 31514
Status: Adopted as of 3 April 2003
Relevant provisions: Chapter 1. General Provisions, Chapter 2:
Section 1. Access Permits and Concessions
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Seed laws, including seed certification
rules
Reforma Integral de la Ley de Semillas, Ley No.
6289
Status: Adopted as of 10 January 1979, amendment
draft from 30 July 1999
Relevant provisions: Chapter 5.
Produccion, comercializacion y regulacion de semillas
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Laws on plant variety protection, also
called plant breeders' rights legislation
Ley de Proteccion de
los Derechos de los Fitomejoradores
Status: Draft from 2007
Relevant provisions: Chapter 1. Disposiciones Preliminares,
Chapter 2. Condiciones, Requisitos Y Limitaciones para la Proteccion de los
Derechos de los Fitomejoradores.
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Patent laws
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