Fees for national listing and plant breeders’ rights

UK national listing: fees

To apply to add a new plant variety to the UK national lists youyou’ll will need to pay:

• ana one off administration fee of £450
• a a distinct, uniform and stable (DUS) testing testing fee per year of testing - this will depend on the crop you are testing
• a technical management fee of £165 for a value for cultivation and use test (VCU) for each year of testing
• a VCU testing fee for each year of testing for agricultural crops – the British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) will tell you the fee

You do not need to pay a a VCU technical technical management fee ifor youVCU aretesting fee if you’re adding a vegetable variety or an amenity grass.

As part of your application, you may also need to pay:

• to maintain the reference collection with an annual fee - the fee depends on the crop you are testing
• £30 to apply to change a name on the national list
• £30 forfor the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to to receive your representations in writing if you object to a decision or a proposal
• a itVCU authentication fee for each year of testing if a foreign authority carries out the DUS test – the foreign authority can confirm the fee

UK plant breeders’ rights: fees

To apply for UK plant breeders’ rights youyou’ll will need to pay:

• ana one off administration fee of £450
• a distinct, uniform and stable (DUS) testing fee - this will depend on the crop variety you are testing

You may also need to pay:

• £30 for for APHA to to receive your representations in writing if you object to a decision or a proposal
• £65 if you request a hearing with the controller because your initial objection is not accepted it
• £65 to apply for a compulsory licence

CombinedNational administration fee for national listing and plant breeders’ rightsrights: combined administration fee

Applying to add a new variety to the national list and applying for plant breeders’ rights are separate processes. You can apply for national listing and plant breeders’ rights at the same time for agricultural and vegetable varieties.

If you apply for national listing and plant breeders’ rights at the same time, you’ll only have to pay one combined administration fee of £450. This includes if you apply within the same month.

If you apply separately or in different months, you’ll pay the administration fee for each application

FeesDistinct, for distinct, uniform and stable (DUS) testingtesting: fees

The tables show the agricultural, vegetable and ornamental varieties the UK has the capability to do DUS testing testing for and the fee for each. At the end of the testing, you will get a a DUS report. report.

Once you have your your DUS report, report, you can use it for other applications. You do not need to pay for another another DUS report. report. For example, if you get get DUS testing testing for national listing, you can use it for your plant breeders’ rights application.

If the UK test centre does not have the capability to carry out out DUS tests tests of your variety, variety, APHA will will send you an invoice in pounds (£) for varieties tested by other other DUS testing testing authorities.

Contact APHA for information on fees for non-mandatory DUS characteristics.

Agricultural and vegetable crops

Crop species the UK can test for DUS	UK DUS fee (per year of testing for each variety)
Wheat, barley or oats	£1,040
Winter oil seed rape and forage rape	£1,845
Sugar beet	£600
Potatoes	£451
Herbage (perennial, Italian, hybrid rye grass and white clover)	£788
Swede	£1,010
Field peas	£1,394
Field beans	£1,450
Vegetable pea	£1,334
All other vegetable species on the UK DUS testing list	£1,294

Ornamental crops

Ornamental crops usually take one year to test. Sometimes more tests are needed to establish a variety is distinct, uniform and stable. In this instance, you will need to pay the DUS test fee for each year of testing.

Crop species the UK can test for DUS	DUS test fee (per year of testing)
Chrysanthemum	£2,250
Rose	£1,950
Other decorative varieties	£1,950

DUS report report purchase

If the UK needs to purchase a DUS report report for your variety, variety, APHA will will send you an invoice in pounds (£). The cost is variable and dependentdepends uponon current exchange rates. For the current fee, contact pvs.helpdesk@apha.gov.uk.

You will be invoiced for the the DUS report report purchase shortly after the administration fee, even if the report has not yet been issued. This will allow allow APHA to to request the the DUS report report as soon as it has been completed.

Crop species VCU trials: fees

BSPB organise trials for all crops except potatoes. They will tell you the estimated fee.

Potato VCU trials: fees

SASA and NIAB organise VCU trials for potato varieties.

APHA will send you an invoice for each year of the potato VCU trial.

SASA charge £1,064 for each year of the trial to test for the following diseases and pathogens:

• field foliage blight
• tuber blight
• common scab
• powdery scab
• blackleg
• external damage
• internal damage
• dry rot (F. coeruleum)
• dry rot (F. sulphureum)
• PCN (Ro1 and Pa 2/3 and 1)

NIAB charge £1,032 for each year of the trial to test for the following diseases and pathogens:

• PCN (Ro1 and Pa 2/3 and 1)
• PVYN, PVYN-Wilga, PVA, Leafroll

Quality test fees

The fees for quality tests vary. Contact APHA to ask for the exact fee.

Conservation varieties of agricultural or vegetable species: fees

For conservation varieties, the administration fee is £175.

Amateur vegetable varieties: fees

The administration fee is £100 for amateur vegetable varieties.

Administration fee collection

APHA issues issues invoices after it publishes the application in the Seeds Gazette.

This is usually the month after after APHA receives receives your application. For example, if you send your application in January, you will receive an invoice in late February.

Contact sscl.receipts@gov.sscl.com if you have questions about invoices.

AnnualReference feecollection: forannual reference collectionfee

The annual fee covers the maintenance of the reference collection. collection once it’s added to the variety listing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. You will need to pay it once a year, usually in February. April. APHA will will invoice you.

The annual charges only apply to some crop types. These are:

• £212 for potatoes
• £422 for herbage including perennial, Italian, hybrid rye grass and white clover
• £180 for swede

You do not need to pay an annual chargefee for all other crop types.