Legal intellectual property protection for plant varieties has increased, bringing Romania up Romania has demonstrated a commitment to enhancing legal IP protection for plant varieties. The country for plant varieties, including giving the State Institute for Variety Testing and Registration a mandate to grant legal protection to new plant varieties (Box 4.3). This advancement is reflected by the rise of the Box 4.3. Testing and registration of new plant varieties in Romania protection to new plant varieties in Romania. Through 24 Variety Testing Centers, ISTIS conducts the and commercialisation in the territory of Romania and of the EU Member States. ISTIS was established under Law No. 75/1995 concerning the production, quality control, marketing, and use of seeds and planting material, as well as the registration of agricultural plant varieties. It was reorganised from the State Commission for Variety Testing and Approval, originally set up in 1953, and