05/02/2019
Background
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The Government is ramping up preparations for a ‘No-Deal Brexit’ and so we have used 31 January 2020 throughout these answers as the effective date of Brexit and assumed no deal and no transition window.
This might not be the case. A deal may yet be done in the time left, or an extension may be granted beyond 31 January. Other options under discussion include a further referendum and, after that, who knows if Brexit is even happening.
If there is a deal
If there is a deal, we do have some guidance from what was in the Draft Agreement before it was rejected by UK Parliament. Perhaps this won’t change. There will be a Transition Period, meaning business as usual for IP until the end of 2020, or any later date negotiated.
Community Plant Variety Right (CPVR)
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