LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN

of August 1, 2012 No. 892

About collection, preserving and rational use of genetic resources of cultural plants

This Law establishes the legal basis of state policy in the field of genetic resources of cultural plants and their wild relatives, and governs the relations concerning their collection, preserving, research and rational use for the purpose of maintaining agricultural industry, ensuring food, ecological and biological security, implementation of research, selection, educational activities, and also ensuring safety of welfare and historical heritage for the benefit of the present and future generations.

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Basic concepts

In this Law the following basic concepts are used:

- cultural plants - type, form and plant variety, grown up by the person for production of food, industrial raw materials, forage for animals, and also in the decorative purposes;

- genetic resources of cultural plants - any genetic material of plant origin representing the actual or potential value for farming and production of food;

- gene pool of cultural plants - genetic variety of plants and their wild relatives who are used or can be used in the future for farming and production of food;

- wild relatives of cultural plants - evolutionarily and the types of natural flora, genetically close to cultural plants, entering one sort with cultural plants or participating in origin or evolution of cultural types of other patrimonial complexes;

- plant material - the flora objects having the actual or potential value and used when implementing research, selection, economic and other activity;

- collection sample - live plants, part of plant (seeds, tubers, shanks, bulbs, rhizomes, etc.), its fabric, cages from which it is possible to receive the whole organism or organism relating to one botanical type. The sample of collection can be provided in wild form, the local or selection, obsolete or cultivated grade, the genetic line or other plant material;

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