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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Gazette of the Board for plant varieties April 2026
The Gazette is the government publication sheet. The new Gazette is published every month.
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Declaration required: bean samples free from Cff.
Starting from 23 April 2026, new EU regulations will apply: bean seed from outside the EU must be tested for Cff before export to the EU. This testing requirement does not apply to seed within the EU.
What do we ask from you?
When submitting samples of the crops dwarf french/climbing french bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus), or broad/field bean (Vicia faba) for DUS testing, maintenance inspection, trial field testing, authorization or resistance testing we ask for one of the following:
- A plant passport as a declaration that the material is free from Cff.
Note: A plant passport is not mandatory for research purposes, but most sample packages already include one. A plant passport generally guarantees compliance with all EU requirements, including freedom from quarantine pests such as Cff.
If a plant passport is not available:
- A declaration based on origin or own knowledge (a test certificate is not strictly required) stating that the sample is free from Cff.
The declaration may be:
- preferably printed or mentioned on the sample package
- or added as an attachment
- for seed from outside the EU: via the phytosanitary certificate
Why?
Your declaration allows us to ensure that the material is safe for inclusion in our trials.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
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Submitting photos with a vegetable variety application
To apply for listing and/or plant breeders’ rights for a vegetable variety, a Technical Questionnaire (TQ) must be submitted. The Board for Plant Varieties follows the CPVO TQ as closely as possible, so that the questions are aligned.