# 7 CFR § 97.1: General

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.1

## Section

- **Citation:** 7 CFR § 97.1
- **Heading:** General
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 7—Agriculture > Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE > SUBCHAPTER E—COMMODITY LABORATORY TESTING PROGRAMS > PART 97—PLANT VARIETY AND PROTECTION > Scope

## Text

Certificates of protection are issued by the Plant Variety Protection office for new, distinct, uniform, and stable varieties of sexually reproduced, tuber propagated, or asexually reproduced plants. Each certificate of plant variety protection certifies that the breeder has the right, during the term of the protection, to prevent others from selling the variety, offering it for sale, reproducing it, importing or exporting it, conditioning it, stocking it, or using it in producing a hybrid or different variety from it, as provided by the Act.
[85 FR 430, Jan. 6, 2020]

## Nearby sections

- [7 CFR § 97.1 § 97.1 General.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.1.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.2 § 97.2 Meaning of words.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.2.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.3 § 97.3 Plant Variety Protection Board.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.3.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.5 § 97.5 General requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.5.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.6 § 97.6 Application for certificate.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.6.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.7 § 97.7 Deposit of Voucher Specimen.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.7.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.8 § 97.8 Specimen requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.8.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.9 § 97.9 Drawings and photographs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.9.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.10 § 97.10 Parts of an application to be filed together.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.10.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.11 § 97.11 Application accepted and filed when received.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.11.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.12 § 97.12 Number and filing date of an application.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.12.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.13 § 97.13 When the owner is deceased or legally incapacitated.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.13.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.14 § 97.14 Joint applicants.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.14.md)
- [7 CFR § 97.15 § 97.15 Assigned varieties and certificates.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-97.15.md)

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