IP/C/W/654/Add.6  
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Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  Original:  inglés  
 
  
ACTIVIDADES DE COOPE RACIÓN TÉCNICA: INFO RMACIÓN FACILITADA  
POR OTRAS ORGANIZACI ONES INTERGUBERNAMEN TALES  
UNIÓN INTERNACIONAL PARA LA PROTECCIÓN  
DE LAS OBTENCIONES V EGETALES (UPOV)  
Addendum  
En la reunión celebrada el 6 de junio de 2019, el Consejo de los ADPIC acordó invitar a las 
organizaciones intergubernamentales acreditadas como observadoras ante el Consejo a que 
actualizaran la información sobre sus actividades de cooperación técnica y financiera relacionadas 
con la aplicación del Acuer do sobre los ADPIC.  
En el presente documento se reproduce la información recibida de la Unión Internacional para la 
Protección de las Obtenciones Vegetales (UPOV)  en una comunicación de fecha 5 de febrero de 2020. 
 
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1.  La misión de la UPOV es proporcionar y fomentar un sistema eficaz para la protección de las 
variedades vegetales, con miras a desarrollar nuevas variedades vegetales para beneficio de la  
sociedad.  
2.  Se puede  obtener información sobre los miembros de la UPOV en la dirección : 
http://www.upov.int/members/es . 
3.  Los principales objetivos de la Unión, de conformidad con el Convenio de la UPOV, son los  
siguientes : 
a. proporcionar y desarrollar las bases jurídicas, administrativas y técnica s para la 
cooperación internacional en materia de protección de las variedades vegetales;  
b. prestar asistencia a los Estados y las organizaciones en la elaboración de legislación y 
en la aplicación de un sistema eficaz de protección de las variedades vegetal es; y 
c. mejorar la comprensión del público en general y sensibilizarlo en relación con el sistema 
de la UPOV de protección de las variedades vegetales.  
4.  La información sobre los programas de cooperación técnica y financiera de la UPOV en relación 
con los obje tivos de la Unión se presenta como sigue:  
Asistencia a los Estados y las organizaciones en la elaboración de legislación y en la aplicación de 
un sistema eficaz de protección de las variedades vegetales  
En el anexo I del presente informe se proporciona información sobre las actividades de la UPOV en 
relación con la elaboración de legislación y la aplicación de un sistema eficaz de protección de las 
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  Cooperación internacional  
En el anexo II del presente informe se proporciona información sobre la cooperación internacional 
facilitada por la UPOV.  
El anexo III contiene una lista de las siglas y abreviaturas  utilizadas en este informe . 
 
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  ANEXO I1 
UPOV'S ACTIVITIES IN  RELATION TO THE DEV ELOPMENT OF LEGISLAT ION AND THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF AN  EFFECTIVE PLANT VAR IETY PROTECTION SYST EM  
FOR THE PERIOD OCTOB ER 2018 - SEPTEMBER 2019 
Objectives:  
 • To raise awareness of the role of plant variety protection acc ording to the 
UPOV  Convention.  
• To assist States and organizations, particularly governments of developing 
countries and countries in transition to a market economy, in the 
development of legislation in accordance with the 1991 Act of the 
UPOV  Convention.  
• To assist States and organizations in their accession to the 1991 Act of 
the UPOV  Convention.  
• To assist States and organizations in implementing an effective plant 
variety protection system in accordance with the UPOV Convention.  
 
1  ADVICE AND ASSISTANC E IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF L EGISLATION  
1.  UPOV provided assistance on plant variety protection legislation to the following UPOV members:  
Bosnia and Herzegovina; Colombia; Georgia; Japan; Mexico; New Zealand; Trinidad and Tobago; 
Uzbekistan and Viet Nam.  
2.  UPOV provided advice and assistance on the development of plant variety protection legislation 
according to the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention and/or on the procedure to accede to the UPOV 
Convention to: ARIPO; Afghanistan; Algeria; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia ; Egypt; Ghana; 
Guatemala; Iraq; Iran; Jamaica; Kazakhstan; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Liechtenstein; 
Malaysia; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nigeria; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; United Arab Emirates; 
Zambia and Zimbabwe.  
2  UPOV AWARENESS -RAISI NG ACTIVITIE S, OR ACTIVITIES INV OLVING UPOV STAFF OR  
UPOV TRAINERS ON BEH ALF OF UPOV STAFF  
2.1  Activities organized by, or with, UPOV:  
• Workshop on "Strengthening the knowledge of effective implementation of the Plant 
Breeders' Rights system in the Sultanate of Oman", Musc at, Oman (October 2018)  
• Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property (WIPO/University of Turin/ITC -ILO), 
Geneva, Switzerland (October 2018)  
• Contribution with ARIPO via videoconferencing to presentations on plant variety protection 
at Master's Degree in Intellectual Property Programme at Africa University, Mutare, 
Zimbabwe (October 2018)  
• AFSTA Plant Variety Protection Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya (October 2018)  
• WIPO Forum on Strengthening IP Management in African Universities, Nairobi, Kenya 
(Octobe r 2018)  
• Workshop on UPOV PRISMA, Nairobi, Kenya (October 2018)  
• National Stakeholder Consultation on South Africa's approval of the 1991 Act of the UPOV 
Convention, Pretoria, South Africa (October 2018)  
• Workshop on UPOV PRISMA, Pretoria, South Africa (Octob er 2018)  
 
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  • IP Key SEA Study Visit on Plant Variety Protection, Hanoi, Viet Nam (November 2018)  
• Meetings with Working Group responsible for drafting the Plant Variety and Seed Act, 
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (November 2018)  
• IP Key SEA Conference on the benefits of  membership in the International Union for the 
Protection of New Varieties of Plants, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (November 2018)  
• WIPO/Tongji University Master's Degree in Intellectual Property with specialization in 
Design (MIP in Design), Shanghai, China, Shan ghai, China (November 2018)  
• Master in Intellectual Property of the University of Alicante (Magister Lvcentinvs), Alicante, 
Spain (November 2018)  
• Open session of the ARIPO Administrative Council , Windhoek, Namibia (November 2018)  
• Seminar on Plant Variety Pr otection for ARIPO Member States, Windhoek, Namibia 
(November 2018)  
• Meeting on UPOV PRISMA PBR Application Tool with the Development Center of Science 
and Technology (DCST), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Beijing, China 
(December 2018)  
• Workshop on Awareness of Protection of Plant Variety under the UPOV Convention, 
Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic (December 2018)  
• Advanced Masters on Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management, Maastricht, 
Netherlands (January 2019)  
• Meeting with OAPI and IP Master's Programme Ceremony, Yaoundé, Cameroon 
(January  2019)  
• Twentieth EIPIN Congress on Intellectual Property and Innovation, Alicante, Spain 
(January 2019)  
• Workshop on drafting legislation in accordance with the UPOV Convention, Geneva, 
Switzerland (January 2019)  
• Meeting with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore 
(March  2019)  
• Seminar on Plant Variety Protection , Can Tho, Viet Nam (March 2019)  
• Workshops on Plant Variety Protection, Sarajevo  and Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 
(March 2019)  
• WIPO -WTO Advanced Course on Intellectual Property for Government Officials, Geneva, 
Switzerland (March 2019)  
• Workshop on the benefits of UPOV membership and the procedure to become a UPOV 
member, Nur -Sultan, Kazakhstan (March 2019)  
• Legal Consultation with government officials, Nur -Sultan, Kazakhstan (March 2019)  
• Advanced International Training Programme on "Intellectual Property and Genetic 
Resources - in Support of Innovation", Stockholm, Sweden (March 2 019) 
• Lecture at Institut Polytechnique La Salle as part of the MSc in Plant Breeding Course, 
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  • Advanced International Training Programme on "Intellectual Property and Genetic 
Resources - in Support of Innovation", Geneva, Switze rland (April 2019)  
• Seedconnect Conference and Expo 2019, Abuja, Nigeria (April 2019)  
• IP Key Seminar on EDV and FSS: China -EU Seminar on PVP, Beijing, China (April 2019)  
• Celebration Conference of China's 20th Anniversary of Accession to the International 
Convention on the Protection of New Plant Varieties, Beijing, China (April 2019)  
• International Seminar on PVP, Beijing, China (April 2019)  
• 12th meeting of the East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum, Beijing, China (April 2019)  
• Meeting on PVP cooperation in  the Asian region, Beijing, China (April 2019)  
• Programme Master II en propriété intellectuelle, Yaoundé, Cameroon (April 2019)  
• Meeting of Experts on Formulation and Implementation of National Intellectual Property 
Strategies:  Updating and Improving the Met hodology and Tools of the World Intellectual 
Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (May 2019)  
• WFO General Assembly meeting, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (May 2019)  
• Food Systems Dialogues (FSDs) event, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (May 2019)  
• Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Farmers' Rights of the 
ITPGRFA, Rome, Italy (May 2019)  
• ALTIUS 9th edition of the annual agri -food law seminar, Brussels, Belgium (June 2019)  
• Study visit for a Chinese delegation to CPVO and UPOV, Geneva, Switzer land (June 2019)  
• International Course on Plant Variety Protection, Wageningen, Netherlands (June 2019)  
• JICA Training Course "Plant Variety Protection and Quality Control System of Seeds to 
Facilitate Distribution of High Quality Seeds", Tsukuba, Japan (Jun e 2019)  
• WIPO -WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property, Geneva, Switzerland 
(June  2019)  
• Joint ISTA/OECD/UPOV Workshop on Molecular Techniques, Hyderabad, India (June 2019)  
• Kick-off meeting on "Innovation in Plant Variety Testing in Europe" (INVI TE project), 
Angers, France (July 2019)  
• OAPI kick -off meeting on the reinforcement and promotion of the PVP system in OAPI and 
its member States, Brussels, Belgium (July 2019)  
• IP Delegation Network meeting at the Directorate -General for Trade of the European 
Commission, Brussels, Belgium (July 2019)  
• Study Visit for Senior Lebanese Officials at WIPO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland 
(July 2019)  
• Meeting with the Plant Variety Rights Office, Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, 
Wellington, New Ze aland (July 2019)  
• WIPO -QUT Master of Laws (LL.M) in Intellectual Property, Brisbane, Australia (July 2019)  IP/C/W/654/Add.6  
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  • Meeting on "Building capacity and raising awareness of the OAPI PVP System", Yaoundé, 
Cameroon (August 2019)  
• JICA Training - Q&A session, Tsukuba, Ja pan (August 2019)  
• Seminar on Plant Variety Protection, Da Nang, Viet Nam (September 2019)  
• CORAF training course on plant variety protection, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 
(September  2019)  
• Meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Côte d'Iv oire, Abidjan, 
Côte d'Ivoire (September 2019)  
• Legal consultation in the SNICS, Mexico city, Mexico (September 2019)  
• Seminar on breeders' rights, Mexico city, Mexico (September 2019)  
• OAPI training course on plant variety protection, Lomé, Togo (September 20 19) 
• IP Kea SEA "Study Visit on Plant Variety Protection and UPOV 1991", Angers, The Hague, 
Bleiswijk, De Lier, Brussels, France, Netherlands, Belgium (September 2019).  
3  PARTICIPATION IN UPO V DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES DL -205 "INTR ODUCTION TO 
THE UPOV SYSTEM OF PLANT VARIETY PRO TECTION UNDER THE UP OV CONVENTION" 
AND DL -305 "EXAMINAT ION OF APPLICATIONS FOR PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS" 
(INCLUDING DL -305, D L-305A AND DL -305B)  
3.1  Countries from which there were participants in the UPOV distance learning courses 
(Session I I, 2018 and Session I, 2019)  
Afghanistan; Argentina; Australia; Barbados; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Bosnia and 
Herzegovina; Brazil; Canada; Chile; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Dominican Republic; 
Ecuador; Egypt; France; Georgia; Germany;  Ghana; Greece; Guatemala; Hungary; India; 
Indonesia; Iran; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Lao People's Democratic 
Republic; Latvia; Lithuania; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mexico; Mongolia; Netherlands; New Zealand; 
Nigeria; Norway; P araguay; Peru; Poland; Republic of Korea; Republic of Moldova; Russian 
Federation; Saudi Arabia , Kingdom of ; Senegal; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; 
Uganda; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Tanzania; United States of America; Uruguay; Zambia; AR IPO; 
European Union; FAO; OAPI (64 countries and 4 organizations).  
3.2  Total number of participants in UPOV distance learning courses (Session II, 2017 and 
Session I, 2018)  
Category  Number of participants  
DL-205 DL-305 DL-305A  DL-305B  
Government officials of members of the Union  460 140 89 77 
Officials of observer States / intergovernmental 
organizations  67 8 5 4 
Total:  527 148 94 81 
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  3.3  Special sessions of the DL -205 course "Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant 
Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention" (September 2018 - September 2019)  
Month/Year  Name of Course  Number of 
participants  
November 2018  Master in Intellectual Property of the University of Alicante 
(Magister Lvcentinvs), Alicante, Spain (November 2018)  32 
January 2019  Advanced Masters on Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge 
Management of the University of Maastricht  19 
January 2019  Workshop on drafting legislation in accordance with the UPOV 
Convention  3 
March 2019  WIPO Advanced Training Programme on Intellectual Property 
and Genetic Resources in Support of Innovation : PRV -Sida 3 
April 2019  La Salle Beauvais University - IP Plant Breeding Master 
Programme  23 
April 2019  OAPI Masters IP Training Course  27 
June 2019  Naktuinbouw International Course on Plant Variety Protection 
Course (Netherlands)  23 
June 2019  JICA Training Course "Internationally Harmonized Plant Variety 
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  ANEXO II1 
INTERNATIONAL COOPER ATION FACILITATED BY  UPOV  
1.  UPOV facilitates cooperation in the examination of plant varieties as follows:  
a. Document C/53/INF/5 "Cooperation in Examination" contains a synopsis of offers for 
cooperation in examination made by authorities, of cooperation already established 
between au thorities and of any envisaged cooperation.  
(see https://www.upov.int/edocs/mdocs/upov/en/c_53/c_53_inf_5.pdf ). 
b. Document TC/55/INF/4 "List of Genera and Species for which Authorit ies have Practical 
Experience in the Examination of Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability" provides 
information on plant genera and species for which authorities have practical experience in 
the examination of Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS).  
(see https://www.upov.int/edocs/mdocs/upov/en/tc_55/tc_55_inf_4.pdf ). 
c. UPOV has developed "Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and 
Stability," or "T est Guidelines", for many individual species or other variety groupings (see 
https://www.upov.int/test_guidelines/en ). The purpose of these Test Guidelines is to 
provide practical guidance for the ha rmonized examination of DUS and, in particular, to 
identify appropriate characteristics for the examination of DUS and production of 
harmonized variety descriptions. In 2018, the adopted Test Guidelines covered 94% of all 
entries concerning plant variety p rotection in the PLUTO Plant Variety Database (299,064 
of 319,547).  
d. The GENIE database provides a dynamic source of information on the cooperation 
explained above. (see https://www.upov.int/genie/en ). 
e. The PLUT O Plant Variety Database provides information concerning plant breeders' rights.  
(see https://www.upov.int/pluto/en ). 
UPOV PRISMA is an online, multi -lingual tool for making plant breeders' rights' application s 
in participating UPOV members. UPOV PRISMA currently has 35 participating UPOV 
members, covering 74 countries (see http://www.upov.int/upovprisma/en/index.html ). 
 
 
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  ANEX O III1 
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVI ATIONS  
UPOV terms   
DL-205 UPOV distance learning course "Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant 
Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention"  
DL-305 UPOV distance learning course "Examination of Applications for Plant 
Breeders' Rights"  
DL-305A UPOV distance learning course " Administration of Plant Breeders' Rights"  
(part A of DL -305) 
DL-305B UPOV distance learning course " DUS Examination"  
(part B of DL -305) 
DUS Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability  
PBR Plant Breeder's Right  
TC Technical Committee  
UPOV PRISMA  UPOV PRISMA PBR Application Tool  
 
Acronyms   
AFSTA  African Seed Trade Association  
ALTIUS  Belgian law firm  
ARIPO  African Regional Intellectual Property Organization  
CORAF  
(WECARD)  Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement 
Agricoles  
(West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and 
Development)  
CPVO  Community Plant Variety Office of the European Union  
EUIPO  European Intellectual Property Office  
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  
IP Key  IP Key is co -financed by the European Union and the European Intellectual 
Property Office (EUIPO).  It is implemented by EUIPO in cooperation with 
EPO 
IP Key SEA  IP Key South -East Asia  
ISTA International Seed Testing Association  
ITC-ILO International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization  
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency  
Naktuinbouw  The Netherlands Inspection Service for Horticulture  
OAPI African Intellectual Property Organization  
OECD  Organisation for Economic Co -Operation and Development  
PRV of Sweden  Swedish Patent and Registration Office  
QUT of Australia  Queensland University of Technology of Australia  
Sida Swedish International Development  Cooperation Agency  
WFO World Farmers' Organization  
WIPO  World Intellectual Property Organization  
WTO World Trade Organization  
 
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