The Implementing Regulations provides for the recognition and protection of the Breeders' rights on the new plant varieties in Romania, through the concession of a variety patent by the OSIM (State Office for Inventions and Trademarks). Application for the patent shall be addressed to the National Register of Variety Patent (RNCBS) and the patent, when approved and conceded following testing by the State Institute for Testing and Registration of Varieties (I.S.T.I.S.), shall be entered in the Na