State Institute for Variety Testing and Registration*

The granting of legal protection for a newly created variety is done after establishing its novelty and carrying out the DUS test in the experimental centers of ISTIS, under field conditions. Legal protection is valid on the territory of Romania.

At the request of a testing and variety registration authority from another country, the TECHNICAL EXAMINATION REPORT ON DISTINCTNESS, UNIFORMITY, AND STABILITY is issued for the varieties tested at ISTIS. This report serves for the registration of the variety in the national catalog of the respective country. International regulations of the UPOV Organization, of which Romania has been a member since 2001.

For the registration of a variety in the Official Catalogue of Crop Plant Varieties in Romania for commercialization, the applicant must request the enrollment of the variety for testing. The testing is carried out in experimental fields at the testing centers within the ISTIS network. The tests that are carried out are DUS and VAU. The DUS test lasts 2 years (2 vegetation cycles) and is mandatory for all species. The VAU test lasts 2-3 years and is mandatory for field crop species. Registered varieties are notified to the common EU catalogues and can be cultivated and marketed in all EU member states.