This Decree aims at adapting the Greek legislative frame to Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions. For the purpose of implementing this Decree, a process for the production of plants or animals is essentially biological if it consists entirely of natural phenomena such as crossing or selection; the concept of ‘plant variety’ is defined by article 5 of Regulation (EC) No. 2100/94 (article 2). Among certain other inv