Development of Polish Official Variety Testing
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1951- Department for Cultivar Testing was established within the Ministry of Agriculture; at the same time the legal bases for plant breeding and seed production were elaborated
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1952 - development of an experimental station network was started
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1955 - the register of cultivars for agricultural and vegetable plants was established
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1966- Research Centre for Cultivar Testing (COBORU) in Słupia Wielka near Poznań was officially constituted as a national office responsible for variety testing, listing and variety legal protection by Decree of the Ministers Council on the 1st January 1966
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1987 - the Centre took over all national official duties for variety listing (National List) and variety protection (Plant Breeders' Right)
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1989 - Poland became a member of UPOV
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2004 - Accession to the EU