IP/C/W/633/Add.8  
 
29 January 2018  
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Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
 Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATIO N ACTIVITIES: INFORM ATION FROM  
OTHER INTERGOVERNMEN TAL ORGANIZATIONS  
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PROTECTION O F NEW VARIETIES OF P LANTS (UPOV)  
Addendum  
At its meeting of 13 June 2017, the Council for TRIPS agreed to invite intergovernmental 
organization observers to the Council to update the information on their technical and financial 
cooperation programmes relating to the implementation of the TRIPS Agr eement.  
 
The present document reproduces the information which has been received from the International 
Union for The Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) by means of a communication dated 
20 October  2017. 
 
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UPOV 's mission is to pr ovide and promote an effective system of plant variety protection, with the 
aim of encouraging the development of new varieties of plants, for the benefit of society.  
Information on membership of UPOV can be found at: http://www.upov.int/members/en/   
The main objectives of UPOV are, in accordance with the UPOV Convention, to:  
 provide and develop the legal, administrative and technical basis for international 
cooperation in plant variety protection;  
 assist States and organizations in the development of legislation and the implementation 
of an effective plant variety protection system; and  
 enhance public awareness and understanding of the UPOV system of plant variety 
protection.  
Information on the technical and financial cooperation programs of UPOV in relation to UPOV 's 
objectives is provided as follows:  
Assistance to States and Organizations in the development of legislation and the implementation of 
an effective plant variety protection system  
Annex I to t his report provides information on UPOV 's activities in relation to the development of 
legislation and the implementation of an effective plant variety protection system for the period 
2016-2017.  
International Cooperation  
Annex II to this report provides i nformation on international cooperation facilitated by UPOV.  
Annex III contains a list of acronyms and abbreviations used in this report  
 
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  ANNEX I1 
UPOV 'S ACTIVITIES IN RELA TION TO THE DEVELOPM ENT OF LEGISLATION A ND  
THE IMPLEMENTATION O F AN EFFECTIVE PLANT  VARIETY PROTECTION S YSTEM  
FOR THE PERIOD 2016 -2017 
Objectives:  
  To raise awareness of the role of plant variety protection according to 
the UPOV  Conve ntion 
 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 organ izations 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 LEGISLATION  
The Office provided assistance on plant variety protection legislation to the following UPOV 
members: Azerbaijan, Chile, Dominican Republic, Mexico, New Zealand, Switzerland and Trinidad 
and Tobago.  
The Office 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, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Côte d 'Ivoire, Cuba,  Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran  (Islamic 
Republic of), Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Lao People 's Democratic Republic, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, 
Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, United Arab Emirates 
and Zambia.  
2  UPOV AWARENESS -RAISING ACTIVITIES, OR ACTIVITIES INVOLV ING UPOV STAFF OR 
UPOV TRAINERS ON BEH ALF OF UPOV STAFF  
2.1  Activities organized by, or with, UPOV:  
 Train-the-Trainer Course on Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention, 
Geneva, Switzer land (May 2016)  
 International Seminar on Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention, Lima, 
Peru (May  2016)  
 Training Course on Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention and Technology 
Transfer, Lima, Peru (May 2016)  
 High-Level Study Tour on  Plant Variety Protection, Tokyo and Yamagata Prefecture, 
Japan (July  2016)  
 Training Course for DUS Test of Corn, Vung Tau, Viet Nam (August 2016)  
 Seminar on the Enforcement of Plant Breeders' Rights under the UPOV Convention, 
Hanoi, Viet  Nam (September 2016)  
 Seminar on propagating and harvested material in the context of the UPOV Convention, 
Geneva, Switzerland (October 2016)  
 Symposium on possible interrelations between the International Treaty on Plant Genetic 
Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA ) and the International Convention for the 
Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV Convention), Geneva, Switzerland 
(October  2016)  
                                                
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   Train-the-Trainer Course on Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention (in 
French), Geneva, Switzerland (November  2016)  
 Seminar on Awareness Raising on the UPOV System of Plant Variety Protection, 
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar (December  2016)  
 UPOV -WIPO -USPTO -AECID Workshop on the benefits of the 1991 Act of the UPOV 
Convention for policies related to agriculture and food secu rity, Montevideo, Uruguay 
(December 2016)  
 Training course on Plant Variety Protection and legal consultation meeting on the 
proposed amendments to the Law, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar (January  2017)  
 Seminar on the benefits of the UPOV System of Plant Variety Prot ection for farmers and 
growers, and consultation meeting, Bangkok, Thailand (February  2017)  
 DUS Training Course on Watermelon, Quang Ngai city, Viet Nam (April  2017)  
 Train-the-Trainer Course on Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention, 
Geneva, Sw itzerland (May  2017)  
 Seminar on the benefits of the UPOV System, Workshop on the UPOV system and legal 
consultation meeting on the Plant Breeders Rights Draft Law, Guatemala City, 
Guatemala (August  2017)  
 Training course on Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention, Lima, Peru 
(August  2017)  
 OAPI information and awareness seminar on the protection of new varieties of plants for 
experts from agricultural research centers and decision -makers in the field of agriculture, 
Dakar, Senegal (September  2017) 
2.2  Activities/meetings in which UPOV participated:  
 Wageningen University International Food Law Master, WIPO headquarters, Geneva, 
Switzerland (January 2016)  
 General Assembly of AOHE (Association of European Horticultural Breeders), Paris, 
France (January  2016) 
 Meeting of the All -Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture 
on the subject of "IP and Innovation in Agriculture", London, United Kingdom (January 
2016)  
 TAIEX Workshop on plant variety protection – Benefit for science, technol ogy transfer, 
production and consumers, Belgrade, Serbia (February 2016)  
 Sixteenth AFSTA Annual Congress, Nairobi, Kenya (March 2016)  
 KEPHIS Training Workshop on plant variety protection, Nairobi, Kenya (March 2016)  
 WIPO -WTO Advanced Course on Intellectual  Property for Government Officials, Geneva, 
Switzerland (March 2016)  
 Meeting with the Sierra Leone Seed Certification Agency (SLeSCA) and stakeholders in 
the seed sector in Sierra Leone, Free Town, Sierra Leone (March 2016)  
 UPOV lecture at Institut Polytec hnique LaSalle, Beauvais, France (April 2016)  
 WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development, Geneva, 
Switzerland (April  2016)  
 CPVO Administrative Council meeting, Angers, France (April 2016)  
 CIOPORA Annual General Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal (April 2016)  
 Training Course on Plant Variety Protection, Musanze, Rwanda (May 2016)  
 Workshop on innovative solutions to boost sustainable food production and WFO General 
Assembly, Livingstone, Zambia (May 2016)  
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   ISF World Seed Congress, Punta del Este, Uruguay (May 2016)  
 Symposium "Finding the Balance - Exploring solutions in the debate surrounding patents 
and plant breeders' rights ", Brussels, Belgium (May 2016)  
 KOICA/KSVS Training Course on Plant Variety Protection and DUS Testing, 
Seongnam  City, Republic of Korea (May 2016)  
 Event for the celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity "I have a seed", 
UN Office in Ge neva, Switzerland (May 2016)  
 WIPO Study Visit of Intellectual Property Focal Persons of the African Regional Economic 
Communities and Executive Bodies of the African Union, Geneva, Switzerland (May 
2016)  
 Presentation of UPOV during a study visit of a deleg ation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
Paris, France (May 2016)  
 OECD Annual Meeting and Joint OECD/UPOV/ISTA/AOSA Workshop on Biochemical and 
Molecular Methods, Paris, France (June 2016)  
 8th Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant  Genetic 
Resources for Food and Agriculture of the CGRFA, Rome, Italy (June 2016)  
 Workshop on Essentially Derived Varieties, Shanghai, China (June 2016)  
 Eighteenth International Course on Plant Variety Protection (Naktuinbouw), Wageningen, 
Netherlands (Jun e 2016)  
 Expert Review Meeting for the Finalization of the Draft Regulations of the Arusha 
Protocol, Harare, Zimbabwe (June 2016)  
 JICA training course on "Plant Variety Protection and Quality Control System of Seeds 
and Seedlings to Facilitate Distribution of High Quality Seeds", Tsukuba, Japan (June 
2016)  
 WIPO -WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property, Geneva, Switzerland 
(June  2016)  
 First Meeting of the CPVO Working Group for the revision of the Variety Denominations 
Explanatory Notes and Guidel ines, Paris, France (June 2016)  
 WIPO -UNIGE Summer School on Intellectual Property, Geneva, Switzerland (July 2016)  
 Experience -sharing roundtable on feasibility of China's accession to UPOV' 91, Brussels, 
Belgium (July  2016)  
 USPTO Program on "Plant -Related Intellectual Property and Related International 
Developments", Washington D.C., United States of America (July 2016)  
 Master of IP Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (July 2016)  
 Workshop with students of the JICA Training Course, Tsukuba, Japan (July 2016)  
 Meeting on "Plant Variety Protection under the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention: Views 
from APEC Economies about Challenges and Opportunities, including for Developing 
Economies and SMEs", Lima, Peru (August 2016)  
 Preparatory and Planning Session for the Fourth Partners' Meeting of the Platform for the 
Co-Development and Transfer of Technologies, FAO Liaison Office, Geneva, Switzerland 
(August  2016)  
 Study visit to WIPO headquarters of journalists from Chile and Peru, Geneva, 
Switze rland (August 2016)  
 Ninth East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum Meeting, Hanoi, Viet Nam (September 
2016)  
 Information and Awareness Seminar on the Plant Variety Protection System, Abidjan, 
Côte d'Ivoire (September 2016)  
 Global Consultations on Famers' R ights, organized by ITPGRFA, Nusa  Dua, Bali, 
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   25th session of FAO Committee on Agriculture, Rome, Italy (September 2016)  
 CPVO Administrative Council, Angers, France (October 2016)  
 Second Meeting of the CPVO Working Group for the revision of the Variety 
Denominations Explanatory Notes and Guidelines, Angers, France (October 2016)  
 Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property (WIPO/University of Turin/ITC -ILO), 
Geneva, Switzerland (October 2016)  
 Meeting of Heads of Intellectual Pr operty Offices for Caribbean countries, Geneva, 
Switzerland (October  2016)  
 ESA Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy (October 2016)  
 Seed Security for Food Security Forum and visit to DuPont Pioneer premises, Des 
Moines, United States of America (October 2016)  
 UPOV l ecture at Institut Polytechnique LaSalle, Beauvais, France (October 2016)  
 TAIEX Workshop on importance and value of plant breeders' rights for farmers and 
growers, Belgrade, Serbia (October 2016)  
 Fourth meeting of the Platform for the Co -Development and Tr ansfer of Technologies, 
organized by ITPGRFA, Vienna, Austria (October 2016)  
 APSA Standing Committee on Intellectual Property Rights & Biodiversity (Asian Seed 
Congress 2016), Incheon, Republic of Korea (November 2016)  
 III Plant Variety Rights Intensive Mo dule on Plant Variety Protection, Master of 
Intellectual Property (Magister Lvcentinvs) of the University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain 
(November  2016)  
 United States Department of Agriculture Plant Variety Protection Board meeting, 
Chicago, United States of  America (December 2016)  
 Fifty-Sixth Session of the Administrative Council of OAPI, Nouakchott, Mauritania 
(December  2016)  
 20th Annual Meeting between the CPVO and its Examination Offices, Angers, France 
(December  2016)  
 Sixteenth Regular Session of the CGR FA, Rome, Italy (January -February  2017)  
 OECD Ad -Hoc Working Group Meetings and Technical Working Group Meeting of the 
OECD Seed Schemes, Paris, France (January -February  2017)  
 WIPO/IDB -REACH Workshop on Optimizing the Competitiveness of Geographical 
Indicat ions (GIs) and Origin -Linked Products (OLPs) for Caribbean Community 
(CARICOM) Countries, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago (February  2017)  
 National Seminar on Plant Variety Protection, Bridgetown, Barbados (February  2017)  
 Seventeenth AFSTA Annual Congres s, Dakar, Senegal (February -March  2017)  
 ISF Intellectual Property Committee Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland (March  2017)  
 DanSeed Annual Seminar, Copenhagen, Denmark (March  2017)  
 CPVO Administrative Council Meeting, Angers, France (March  2017)  
 Sixth Meeting of  the ITPGRFA's Ad Hoc Open -Ended Working Group to Enhance the 
Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit -Sharing, Rome, Italy 
(March  2017)  
 Intellectual Property Awareness Network (IPAN) High -Level Brexit IP Seminar, London, 
United Kingdom  (March  2017)  
 Event "The Enhancement of the Funding Strategy of the International Treaty", organized 
by ITPGRFA, Rome, Italy (March  2017)  
 WIPO -WTO Advanced Course on Intellectual Property for Government Officials, Geneva, 
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   Seminar o n Protection of New Varieties of Plants and Celebration of the twentieth 
Anniversary of China 's PVP Regulations, and IP Key Roundtable Seminar entitled "Impact 
Study of UPOV '91 on the Protection of New Varieties of Agricultural and Forestry Plants 
in China  ", Beijing, China (April  2017)  
 56th Annual General Meeting of CIOPORA, Toronto, Canada (April  2017)  
 WIPO Roving Seminar IP 4 Global Business, Utrecht, Netherlands (May  2017)  
 OAPI/WIPO IP Masters Program II, Yaoundé, Cameroon (May  2017)  
 International Workshop on DNA Techniques and Variety Identification, organized by 
Naktuinbouw, Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands (May  2017)  
 ISF World Seed Congress 2017, Budapest, Hungary (May  2017)  
 KOICA Training Course on Plant Variety Protection, Gimcheon, Republic of Korea 
(May 2017)  
 Seminar on Plant Variety Protection and legal consultation meeting with officials from the 
Government of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan (May -June 2017)  
 Roving Seminar on WIPO Services and Initiatives in a Digital Era, Lyon, Fra nce 
(June  2017)  
 CORAF/WECARD "West Africa Seed Program Learning Event", Accra, Ghana (June  2017)  
 Meeting of the CPVO 's Working Group for the Revision of the Variety Denominations 
Explanatory Notes and Guidelines, Paris, France (June  2017)  
 JICA Training Cou rse, Tsukuba, Japan (June  2017)  
 National Seminar on the Arusha Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, 
Accra, Ghana (June  2017)  
 Naktuinbouw Plant Variety Protection Course, Wageningen, Netherlands (June  2017)  
 Annual Meeting of the OECD Seed  Schemes, Prague, Czech Republic (June  2017)  
 WIPO -WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property, Geneva, Switzerland 
(June  2017)  
 WIPO -UNIGE Summer School on Intellectual Property, Geneva, Switzerland (June  2017)  
 Master of IP Law, Queensland Universi ty of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (July  2017)  
 II Paraguayan Seed Congress, Obligado, Paraguay (August  2017)  
 Seminar on UPOV Membership and PBR system in the United Republic of Tanzania, 
Arusha, United  Republic of Tanzania (August  2017)  
 APEC-IPEG Worksh op on Opportunities/Challenges in Commercialization of Plant 
Varieties in the APEC Region and National Seminar on Opportunities/Challenges in 
Commercialization of New Plant Varieties, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam (August  2017)  
 III Bolivian Seed Congress, San ta Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 
(August  2017)  
 Sixth Seed Congress of the Americas organized by SAA, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia 
(September  2017)  
 Tenth Annual meeting of the EAPVP Forum and National Workshop on Plant Variety 
Protect ion, Nay  Pyi Taw, Myanmar (September  2017)  
 JICA Training Course, Tokyo and Tsukuba, Japan (September  2017)  
 International Workshop on DNA Techniques and Variety Identification, Roelofarendsveen, 
Netherlands (September  2017)  
 Panel on "Innovation and intellec tual property in the food systems: state of affairs and 
perspectives", organized by the Permanent Mission of Chile to the WTO, WIPO, UNCTAD 
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  3  PARTICIPATION IN UPO V DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES DL -205 "INTRODUCTION TO 
THE UPOV SYSTEM OF P LANT VARIETY PROTECT ION UNDER THE UPOV  CONVENTION" 
AND DL -305 "EXAMINATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR PLA NT BREEDERS ' RIGHTS" 
(INCLUDING DL -305, DL -305A AND DL -305B)  
3.1  Countries  and organizations  from which there were participants in the UPOV  
distance learning courses (2016 and 2017)  
Argentina ; Australia ; Austria ; Bangladesh ; Barbados ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Benin ; Bhutan ; Bolivia , 
Plurinational State of ; Brazil ; Bulgaria ; Burkina Faso ; Cameroon ; Canada ; Central African 
Republic ; Chad; Chile; China ; Colombia ; Costa  Rica; Croatia ; Cuba; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; 
Ecuador ; Egypt ; El Salvador ; France ; Gabon ; The Gambia ; Germany ; Ghana ; Greece ; Guatemala ; 
Guinea ; Guyana ; Hungary ; India; Indonesia ; Iran; Italy; Côte d'Ivoire ; Jamaica ; Japan ; Jordan ; 
Kenya ; Latvia ; Lebanon ; Madagascar ; Malawi ; Malaysia ; Mali; Mauritania ; Mexico ; Myanmar ; 
Nepal ; Netherlands ; New Zealand ; Nicaragua ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Norway ; Pakistan ; Panama ; 
Paraguay ; Peru; Philippines ; Poland ; Portugal ; Republic of Korea ; Republic of Moldova ; Romania ; 
Russian Federation ; Rwanda ; Senegal ; Serbia ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; South Africa ; Spain ; Sri Lanka ; 
Sweden ; Switzerland ; Togo; Trinidad and Tobago ; Tunisia ; Turkey ; Ukraine ; United Kingdom ; 
United Republic of Tanzania ; United States of America ; Uzbekistan ; Viet Nam ; Zambia ; Zimbabwe ; 
European Union ; ARIPO ; EPO; FAO and OAPI ( 96 States ; 5 organizations) . 
3.2  Total number of participants in the DL -205 course (2016 and  2017)  
Category  Number of 
participants  
Government officials of members of the Union  398 
Officials of observer States / intergovernmental organizations  53 
Total:  451 
3.3  Special sessions of the DL -205 course "Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant 
Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention" (in 2016 and 2017)  
Month/Year  Name of Course  Number  of 
participants  
May 2016  Train the Trainer Course on Plant Variety Protection 
under the UPOV  Convention, Geneva  11 
May 2016  OAPI Masters IP Training Course  6 
June 2016  La Salle Beauvais University - IP Plant Breeding 
Master Programme  35 
June 2016  KOICA Training Course on Plant Variety Protection 
(Republic of Korea)  4 
June 2016  Naktuinbouw International Course on Plant Variety 
Protection Course (Netherlands)  8 
June 2016  JICA Training Course on "Internationally Harmonized 
Plant Variety Protection System" (Japan)  11 
September 
2016 Train the Trainer Course on Plant Variety Protection 
under the UPOV  Convention, Geneva (French)  9 
December 2016  Train the Trainer Course on Plant Variety Protection 
under the UPOV  Convention, Geneva (Spanish)  3 
May 2017  OAPI Masters IP Training Course  29 
May 2017  Train the Trainer Course on Plant Variety Protection 
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  Month/Year  Name of Course  Number  of 
participants  
June 2017  Naktuinbouw International Course on Plant Variety 
Protection Course (Netherlands)  13 
June 2017  KOICA Training  Course on Plant Variety Protection  8 
June 2017  JICA Training Course on "Internationally Harmonized 
Plant Variety Protection System"  7 
3.4  Total number of participants in the DL -305 course "Examination of Applications for 
Plant Breeders ' Rights" (in 2016 and 2017)  
Participants from  Number of 
participants  
Government officials of members of the Union  173 
Officials of observer States / intergovernmental organizations  16 
Total:  189 
3.5  Total number of participants in the DL -305A course "Administration of Plant 
Breeders ' Rights" (in  2016  and 2017)  
Category  Number of 
participants  
Government officials of members of the Union  134 
Officials of observer States / intergovernmental organizations  13 
Total:  147 
3.6  Total number of participants in the DL -305B course "DUS Examination" (in  2016 and 
2017)  
Category  Number of 
participants  
Government officials of members of the Union  123 
Officials of observer States / intergovernmental organizations  8 
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  ANNEX II1 
INTERNATIONAL COOPER ATION FACILITATED BY  UPOV  
UPOV facilitates cooperation in the examination of plant varieties as follows:  
a. Document C/51/5 "Cooperation in Examination" contains a synopsis of offers for 
cooperation in examination made by authorities, of cooperation already established 
between authorities and of any envisaged cooperation.  
(see http://www.upov.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=44153 ) 
b. Document TC/53/4 "List of Genera and Species for which Authorities 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 Distinct ness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS).  
(see http://www.upov.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=42485 ) 
c. UPOV has developed "Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity 
and Stability," or "Test Guidelines", for many individual species or other variety 
groupings (see http://www.upov.int/test_guidelines/en/ ). The purpose of these Test 
Guidelines is to provid e practical guidance for the harmonized examination of DUS and, 
in particular, to identify appropriate characteristics for the examination of DUS and 
production of harmonized variety descriptions. In 2015, the adopted Test Guidelines 
covered 93% of all ent ries concerning plant variety protection in the PLUTO Plant Variety 
Database (262,422 of 281,634).  
d. The GENIE database provides a dynamic source of information on the cooperation 
explained above. (see http://www .upov.int/genie/en/ ) 
e. The PLUTO Plant Variety Database provides information concerning plant breeders' 
rights.  (see http://www.upov.int/pluto/en/ )
                                                
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  ANNEX 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 learnin g 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  
Office  Office of the Union  
TC Technical Committee  
Acronyms  
AECID  Spanish Agency for Cooperation and Economic Development  
AFSTA  African Seed Trade Association  
Agroscope  Swiss centre of excellence for agricultural research  
AOHE  Association of European Horticultural Breeders  
AOSA  Association of Official Seed Analyst  
APBREBES  Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society  
APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation  
APEC-IPEG Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group of the Asia -Pacific Economic 
Cooperation  
APSA  Asia and Pacific Seed Association  
ARIPO  African Regional Intellectual Property Organization  
CARICOM  Caribbean Community  
CGIAR  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research  
CGRFA  Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture  
CIMMYT  International Consortium for the  Improvement of Maize  
CIOPORA  International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and 
Fruit Varieties  
CIP International Potato Center  
CORAF (see also 
WECARD)  Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles  
CPVO  Community Plant Variety Office of the European Union  
EAPVP Forum  East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum  
EIPIN  European Intellectual Property Institutes Network  
ESA European Seed Association  
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the  United Nations  
GNIS  
IDB-REACH  Caribbean Regional Entrepreneurial Asset Commercialization Hub of the 
Inter-American Development Bank  
IPAN Intellectual Property Awareness Network  
ISF International Seed Federation  
ISRA Institut Sénégalais de Recherches  Agricoles  
ISTA International Seed Testing Association  
ITC International Trade Center  
ITC-ILO International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization  
ITPGRFA  International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture  
ITRA Institut Togolais de la Recherche Agricole  
JATAFF  Japan Association for Techno -innovation in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries  
                                                
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JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency  
KEPHIS  Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service  
KOICA  Korea International Cooperation Agency  
KSVS  Korea Seed and Variety Service  
MAFF (of Japan)  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan  
MARD (of Viet Nam)  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet Nam  
NARO (of Japan)  National Agriculture and Food Research Organization  
OAPI African Intellectual Property Organization  
OECD  Organisation for Economic Co -Operation and Development  
OEVV  Spanish Plant Variety Office  
PIPRA  Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture  
SAA Seed Association of the  Americas  
TAIEX  Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument (TAIEX) of the 
European  Union  
TRIPS  Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights  
TWN Third World Network  
UN United Nations  
UNCTAD  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development  
UNIGE  University of Geneva  
USDA  United  States Department of Agriculture  
USPTO  United States Patent and Trademark Office  
WECARD (see also 
CORAF)  West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development  
WFO World Farmers ' Organization  
WIPO  World Intellectual Property Organization  
WIPO IGC  WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic 
Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore  
WTO World Trade Organization  
 
 
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