Proposed fees 2025
Every year, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature sets the fees of the Board for plant varieties for the following year. These fee proposals are made by Naktuinbouw and the Board for plant varieties jointly. The attached notice deals with the proposed application fees for plant breeders' rights and admission and DUS-testing for 2025.
Explanation on fees Board for Plant Varieties 2025
Indexation of fees compared to 2024
- Average indexation: 6.5% increase on all 2024 fees.
Explanation on the indexation
- Wage index for personnel costs: 4%.
- Price index for general costs: 4%.
- Higher costs: increase in housing costs (energy prices), lease costs (more electric driving), and ICT costs (license fees).
- Investments in 2024: Naktuinbouw has invested in, among other things, resistance accommodation, leading to higher depreciation costs.
Online application fee 2025 equal for all sectors
- Uniform fee: previously, the online application fee for the agricultural sector was higher due to the lower number of online applications submitted in that sector.
- New fee proposal: a uniform online application fee of € 334,-- for all sectors because almost all national applications are submitted online.
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Change in invoicing when withdrawing a national application
Change in invoicing when withdrawing a national application
We would like to inform you about our revised policy regarding invoicing for the withdrawal of applications for admission and/or plant breeders’ rights in the Netherlands.
This change aligns with the CPVO system and ensures a uniform and transparent invoicing process.
As of now, the following fees apply when withdrawing your national application:
25% of the DUS examination fee if the national application is withdrawn:
- before the first year of testing, after the closing date for the species in question, or
- 3 months before the deadline for submission of identity material when the period between the closing date and the date of submission of identity material is shorter than 3 months, or
- less than a month before or on the anniversary date for the submission of identity material in any subsequent year of testing.
100% of the DUS examination fee if the national application is withdrawn:
- after the deadline for submission of identity material in the first year of testing, or
- after the anniversary date for the submission of identity material in any subsequent year of testing.
An exception are national applications examined by a foreign research institute. If these national applications are withdrawn, we will charge the costs charged to us by the foreign research institute.
In this way, we adopt a uniform working method
We believe this makes it clear to you as an applicant what costs you can expect when withdrawing a national application.
This also ensures that the costs incurred by Naktuinbouw in preparation for the DUS-examination are reimbursed.
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New procedure payment application fees starting January 1, 2026
Starting January 1, 2026, we will introduce a new procedure for paying application fees for applications for listing and/or plant breeders’ rights in the Netherlands.
This new procedure ensures faster and more efficient processing of your submitted applications.