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Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  Original:  inglés  
 
  ACTIVIDADES DE COOPERACIÓN TÉCNICA: INFORMACIÓN  FACILITADA  
POR OTRAS ORGANIZACIONES  INTERGUBERNAMENTALES  
UNIÓN INTERNAC IONAL PARA LA PROTECCIÓN DE  
LAS OBTENCIONES VEGETALES (UPOV)  
Addendum  
En la reunión celebrada los días 7 y 8 de junio de 2016, 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 Acuerdo sobr e 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 7 de noviembre 
de 2016 
 
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La misión de la UPOV es prop orcionar y fomentar un sistema eficaz para la protección de las 
variedades vegetales, con miras a desarrollar nuevas variedades vegetales para beneficio de la 
sociedad.  
Se puede obtener información sobre los miembros de la UPOV en la dirección : 
http://www.upov.int/members/e s/. 
Los principales objetivos de la Unión, de conformidad con el Convenio de la UPOV, son los 
siguientes : 
 proporcionar y desarrollar las bases jurídicas, administrativas y técnicas para la 
cooperación internacional en materia de protección de las variedades vegetales;  
 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 vegetales ; y 
 mejora r la comprensión del público en general y sensibilizarlo en relación con el sistema 
de la UPOV de protección de las variedades vegetales.  
La información sobre los programas de cooperación técnica y financiera de la UPOV en relación con 
los objetivos 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 sob re 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 proporcio na 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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  ANEX O I1 
UPOV'S ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGISLATION AND THE 
IMPLEMENTA TION OF AN EFFECTIVE PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION SYSTEM  
FOR THE PERIOD 2015 -2016 
Objectives:  
  To raise awareness of the role of plant variety protection according to the 
UPOV  Convention . 
 To assist States and organizations, particularly governments of 
developi ng 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 ASSISTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGISLATION:  
The Office provided assistance on plant variety protection legislation to the following UPOV 
members:  Brazil, Chil e, Colombia, Dominican Republic,  South Africa, Switzerland, Trinidad and 
Tobago and Turkey . 
 
The Office provided advice and assistance on the development of plant variety protection 
legislation according to the 19 91 Act of the UPOV Convention and/or on the procedure to accede to 
the UPOV Convention to:  ARIPO, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bot swana, 
Brunei  Darussalam, Côte  d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, Iran (Islamic Republi c of), Jamaica, 
Kazakhstan, Lao  People's Democratic Republic, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mauritius, 
Myanmar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe . 
 
2  PARTICIPATION IN UPOV AWARENESS -RAISING ACTIVITIES, OR ACTIVITIES 
INVOLVING UPOV STAFF O R UPOV TRAINERS ON BEHALF OF UPOV STAFF / UPOV 
AWARENESS -RAISING ACTIVITIES, OR ACTIVITIES INVOLVING UPOV STAFF OR UPOV 
TRAINERS ON BEHALF OF UPOV STAFF  
2.1  Activities organized by, or with, UPOV:  
 UPOV/Naktuinbouw/Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherland s Training Course on 
Plant Variety Protection, Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania ( April 2015) 
 UPOV/USPTO Training Course on "Plant variety Protection under the UPOV Convention ", 
Geneva, Switzerland ( May 2015) 
 Eighth Annual Meeting of the East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum (EAPVP Forum), 
Seoul, Republic of Korea ( September  2015) 
 International Training Course on Plant Variety Protection and Examination of 
Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS) under the UPOV Convention, Texcoco, 
Mexico ( Septembe r 2015) 
 Training Course "Contributing Data to the PLUTO Database " in English, Geneva, 
Switzerland ( September  2015) 
 Training Course "Contributing Data to the PLUTO Database " in Spanish, Geneva, 
Switzerland ( October  2015) 
 Train the Trainer Course for Ibero -American Countries on Plant Variety Protection Under 
the UPOV Convention and Complementary forms of Intellectual Property Protection, 
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ( November  2015) 
 UPOV/WIPO Train the Trainer Course (for officials  of OAPI and OAPI Member States), 
Geneva, Switzerland (November -December  2015) 
 Plant Variety Protection Seminar under the UPOV Convention, Bandar Seri Begawan, 
Brunei Darussalam ( December  2015) 
                                                
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   Workshop on awareness of Plant Variety Protection under the UP OV Convention, 
Vientiane, Lao People 's Democratic Republic ( December  2015) 
 High-level Awareness -Raising Seminar of Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV 
Convention, Phnom Penh, Cambodia ( December  2015) 
 UPOV/USPTO/WIPO Train -the-Trainer Course on Plant Va riety Protection under the UPOV 
Convention, Geneva, Switzerland ( 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 Technolo gy 
Transfer, Cuzco, Peru ( May 2016) 
 Legal consultation on the Law of Myanmar on Plant Variety Protection and the 1991 Act 
of the UPOV Convention, Geneva, Switzerland ( June 2016) 
 High-Level Study Tour on Plant Variety Protection, Tokyo and Yamagata Prefectu re, 
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) 
2.2  Activities/meetings in which UPOV participated:  
 15th Regular Session of the CGRFA, Rome, Italy ( January  2015) 
 OECD Seed Scheme Technical Working Group Meeting for the Certification of Seed 
Moving in International Trade, Paris, France ( January  2015) 
 Study visit for the Committee on Constitutional, Legal an d Parliamentary Affairs of 
Ghana, Amsterdam, Netherlands ( January  2015) 
 International Workshop on the promotion of Public -Private Partnerships for Pre -breeding, 
Montpellier, France ( February  2015) 
 WIPO Expert Forum on International Technology Transfer, Gen eva, Switzerland 
(February  2015) 
 AFSTA 's Annual Congress 2015 and ISTA/OECD/UPOV Pre -Congress Workshop, Victoria 
Falls, Zimbabwe ( March  2015) 
 Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Committee on Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic 
Resources for Food and Agricu lture (ACSU), Rome, Italy ( March  2015) 
 CPVO Administrative Council, Angers, France ( March  2015) 
 ASIPI 's Seminar on Intellectual Property in Agriculture, Asuncion, Paraguay 
(March  2015) 
 ISF Breeders ' Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland ( March  2015) 
 WIPO -WTO Ad vanced Course on Intellectual Property for Government Officials, Geneva, 
Switzerland ( March  2015) 
 Joint WIPO EU/CARIFORUM Sub -Regional Workshop on Geographical 
Indications/Origin -Linked Products and Branding, Bridgetown, Barbados ( March  2015) 
 Study visit f or OAPI Officials to Swiss PVP Office, Bern, Switzerland ( March  2015) 
 WIPO Seminar on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge 
and Traditional Cultural Expressions : Regional, National and Local Experiences, Geneva, 
Switzerland ( March 2015) 
 Institut Polytechnique LaSalle  Master Curriculum in Plant Breeding, Beauvais, France 
(April 2015) 
 Workshop on Plant Breeders ' Rights an d Intellectual Property Rights of Plant - 
Implementation in Turkey and in the World (mainly the European Union) , Antalya, 
Turkey ( April 2015) 
 Presentation on the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention at the Instituto Pensar 
Agropecuaria, Brasilia, Brazil ( April 2015) 
 National training course for DUS experts, San Fernando de Henares, Madrid, Spain 
(April 2015) 
 CIOPORA 's Annual General Meeting, Hamburg, Germany ( April 2015) 
 APSA's Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand ( May 2015) 
 Launch of the DuPont/Economist World Food Security Index and discussion on "Food and 
agriculture:  rural and urban innovati ons, a forum to highlight innovations in the food 
security challenge ", World Expo Milano, Italy ( May 2015) 
 ISF World Seed Congress 2015, Krakow, Poland ( May 2015) 
 KOICA/KSVS Training Course on "Plant Variety Protection and DUS Testing ", Kimcheon, 
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   Annual Meeting of the OECD Seed Schemes and OECD Forum 2015 "Investing in the 
Future : People, Planet, Prosperity ", Paris, France ( June 2015) 
 Jornada de la Protección de las Variedades Vegetales y otros Derechos de Propiedad 
Industrial en el Desarrollo de la Agricultura , Madrid, Spain (June  2015)  
 Eighteenth International Course on Plant Variety Protection (Naktuinbouw), Wageningen, 
Netherlands ( June 2015) 
 JICA Training course "Quality Control System of Seeds and Seedlings to Facilitate 
Distribution of High Quality Seeds ", Tsukuba, Japan ( June 2015) 
 WIPO -WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property, Geneva, Switzerland 
(June 2015) 
 WIPO Seminar on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge 
and Traditional Cul tural Expressions : The Regional and International Dimensions, 
Geneva, Switzerland ( June 2015) 
 WIPO -UNIGE Summer School on Intellectual Property, Geneva, Switzerland ( June 2015) 
 ARIPO Expert Committee Meeting, Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania (June -July 2015) 
 ARIPO Administrative Council, United Republic of Tanzania (June -July 2015) 
 ARIPO Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Draft Protocol for the Protection of 
New Varieties of Plants (Plant Breeders ' Rights), United Republic of Tanzania 
(June -July 2015) 
 Sixth Edition of the WIPO -Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Master of 
Intellectual Property Law, Brisbane, Australia ( July 2015) 
 Conference on "Climate change and food security : challenges for plant health, plant 
breeding and genetic resou rces", World Expo Milano, Italy ( July 2015) 
 OAPI National Information and Awareness Seminar on the Protection of New Varieties of 
Plants, Buea, Cameroon ( July 2015) 
 WECARD workshops for the ECOWAS -UEMOA -CILSS Regional Seed Committee (COASem 
& CRSU) and All iance for Seed Industry in West Africa (ASIWA), Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 
(August  2015) 
 Bolivian Seed Congress, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 
(August  2015)  
 KSVS Symposium on Plant Variety Protection "Application procedure from fore ign 
countries ", Seoul, Republic of Korea ( September  2015) 
 Third Meeting of the Platform for the Co -Development and Transfer of Technologies (FAO 
headquarters), Rome, Italy ( September  2015) 
 SAA Fifth Seed Congress of the Americas, Cancún , Mexico ( September  2015) 
 "International Geneva Food Talks ", World Expo Milano, Italy ( September  2015) 
 CPVO Administrative Council (20th anniversary), Angers, France 
(September -October  2015) 
 TAIEX Workshop on Plant Variety Protection and Enforcement of Breeders ' Rights, 
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova ( October  2015) 
 Sixth Session of ITPGRFA Governing Body, Rome, Italy ( October  2015) 
 TAIEX expert mission on examination of applications and grants of breeders ' rights of 
new plant varieties and exchange of experiences regarding UPOV  Convention 's legal 
aspects and their implementation, Ankara, Turkey ( October  2015) 
 ESA Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria ( October  2015) 
 International High -Level Seminar on Seeds, World Expo Milano, Italy ( October  2015) 
 WIPO African Ministerial Conference 20 15: Intellectual Property (IP) for an Emerging 
Africa, Dakar, Senegal ( November  2015) 
 Expert Seminar on "Peasants ' Right to Seeds and Intellectual Property Rights ", Geneva, 
Switzerland ( November  2015) 
 Plant Variety Rights Intensive Module on Plant Variety Protection, Master of Intellectual 
Property (Magister Lvcentinvs) of the University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain 
(November  2015) 
 Thirty -Ninth Session of ARIPO Administrative Council and Fifteenth Session of ARIPO 
Council of Ministers, Lusaka, Zambia ( Novem ber 2015) 
 APSA Asian Seed Congress and Twenty -First APSA General Assembly Meeting, Goa, India 
(November  2015) 
 DUS Training Course on Tomato, Hanoi, Viet Nam (November -December  2015) 
 19th Annual Meeting between CPVO and its Examination Offices, Angers, Fran ce 
(December  2015) 
 Expert talk on "Seeds and Sustainable Agriculture ", GIZ premises, Bonn, Germany 
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   "Workshop on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and 
Agriculture and preparation for the accession to the Internatio nal Convention for the 
Protection of New Varieties of Plants " Dubai, United Arab Emirates ( December  2015) 
 Wageningen University International Food Law Master, WIPO headquarters, Geneva 
(January  2016) 
 Legal Consultation with the Department of Agriculture, P utrajaya, Malaysia 
(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 Innova tion in Agriculture", London, United Kingdom 
(January  2016) 
 TAIEX Workshop on plant variety protection – Benefit for science, technology 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 Agenc y (SLeSCA) and stakeholders in 
the seed sector in Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone ( March  2016) 
 UPOV lecture at Institut Polytechnique LaSalle, Beauvais, France (April  2016)  
 WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development, Geneva , 
Switzerland ( April 2016) 
 2016 Annual Congress of EIPIN, Alicante, Spain ( April 2016) 
 CPVO Administrative Council meeting, Angers, France ( April 2016) 
 CIOPORA Annual General Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal ( April 2016) 
 Training Course on Plant Variety Protectio n, Musanze, Rwanda ( May 2016) 
 Workshop on innovative solutions to boost sustainable food production and WFO General 
Assembly, Livingstone, Zambia ( May 2016) 
 "OAPI Programme Master II en Propriété Intellectuelle", Yaoundé, Cameroon (May  2016)  
 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 Te sting, 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 Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland ( May 2016) 
 WIPO Study Visit of Intellectual Property Focal Persons of t he African Regional Economic 
Communities and Executive Bodies of the African Union, Geneva, Switzerland 
(May 2016) 
 Presentation of UPOV during a study visit of a delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
Paris, France ( May 2016) 
 OECD Annual Meeting and J oint 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) 
 Worksho p on Essentially Derived Varieties, Shanghai, China ( June 2016) 
 Eighteenth International Course on Plant Variety Protection (Naktuinbouw), Wageningen, 
Netherlands ( June 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) 
 Thirty -First Congress of ISTA, Tallinn , Estonia ( 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 Guidelines, 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, 
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   USPTO Program me on "Plant-Related Intellectual Property and R elated 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 Fo urth 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, 
Switzerland ( August  2016) 
 Ninth E ast Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum, Hanoi, Viet Nam ( September  2016) 
 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, 
Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire ( September  2016) 
 Second Global Consultations Conference for Famers ' Rights, organized by the Norwegian 
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the 
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for  Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), 
Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia ( September  2016) 
 25th session of FAO Committee on Agriculture, Rome, Italy ( September  2016) 
 Workshop on Intellectual Property Asset Manageme nt by Small and Medium -Sized 
Enterprises, Lomé, Togo ( September  2016) 
3  PARTICIPATION IN UPOV DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES DL -205 "INTRODUCTION TO 
THE UPOV SYSTEM OF PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION UNDER THE UPOV  CONVENTION" 
AND DL -305 "EXAMINATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS" 
(INCLUDING DL -305, DL -305A AND D L-305B)  
3.1  Countries from which there were participants in the UPOV distance learning course 
DL-205 (201 5 and 201 6) 
Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, 
Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, Colom bia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican 
Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, 
India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lao People's 
Democratic Republic,  Latvia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, 
New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, 
Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,  
Switzerland, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, United Republic of 
Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe, OAPI (68 States, 
1 organization)  
 
3.2  Total number of participants in the DL -205 course (201 5 and 2016) 
Category  Number of 
participants  
Government officials of members of the Union  309 
Officials of observer States / intergovernmental organizations  30 
Total:  339 
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  3.3  Special sessions of the DL -205 course "Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant 
Variety Pro tection under the UPOV Convention " (in 201 5 and 201 6) 
Month/  
Year Name of Course  Number of 
participants  
May 2015 Train the Trainer Course on Plant Variety Protection under the 
UPOV  Convention (Geneva, Switzerland)  11 
 
June 2015 KOICA Training Course on P lant Variety Protection  
(Republic of Korea)  6 
June 2015 Naktuinbouw International Course on Plant Variety Protection Course 
(Netherlands)  10 
June 2015 JICA Training Course on "Internationally Harmonized Plant Variety 
Protection System" (Japan)  10 
Octobe r 2015 National Seminar on plant variety protection under the UPOV 
Convention (Chile)  39 
November  2015 Train the Trainer Course on Plant Variety Protection under the 
UPOV  Convention (Geneva, Switzerland)  17 
November  2015 Train the Trainer Course for Ibe ro-American Countries on Plant Variety 
Protection Under the UPOV Convention and Complementary forms of 
Intellectual Property Protection (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)  5 
November  2015 Others (UPOV fee waiver)  10 
April 2016 Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais - Plant Breeding Master 
Programme (France)  19 
May 2016 Train the Trainer Course on Plant Variety Protection under the 
UPOV  Convention (Geneva, Switzerland)  11 
May 2016 KOICA Training Course on Plant Variety Protection (Republic of Korea)  8 
June 2016 Naktuinbouw International Course on Plant Variety Protection 
(Netherlands)  4 
June 2016 JICA Training Course on "Internationally Harmonized Plant Variety 
Protection System" (Japan)  11 
 
3.4  Total number of participants in the DL -305 course "Examination of Applicat ions for 
Plant Breeders ' Rights " (in 201 5 and 201 6) 
Participants from  Number of 
participants  
Government officials of members of the Union  189 
Officials of observer States / intergovernmental organizations  9 
Total:  198 
 
3.5  Total number of participants in t he DL -305A course "Administration of Plant 
Breeders ' Rights " (in 2015  and 2016 ) 
Category  Number of 
participants  
Government officials of members of the Union  105 
Officials of observer States / intergovernmental organizations  10 
Total:  115 
 
 
3.6  Total number  of participants in the DL -305B course "DUS Examination" (in  2015 and 2016)  
Category  Number of 
participants  
Government officials of members of the Union  104 
Officials of observer States / intergovernmental organizations  3 
Total:  107 
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  ANEX O II1 
INTERNA TIONAL COOPERATION FACILITATED BY UPOV  
UPOV facilitates cooperation in the examination of plant varieties as follows:  
 
a. Document C/50/5 "Cooperation in Examination " contains a synopsis of offers for 
cooperation in examination made by authorities, of coopera tion already established 
between authorities and of any envisaged cooperation.  
(see http://www.upov.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=40044 ) 
b. Document TC/52/4 "List of Genera a nd 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 Distinctness, Un iformity and Stability (DUS).  
(see http://www.upov.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=38785 ) 
c. UPOV has developed "Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformit y 
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 provide practica l 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 92 % of all entries conce rning plant variety protection in the PLUTO Plant Variety 
Database (246,890 of 267,550).  
d. The GENIE database provides a dynamic source of information on the cooperation 
explained above.  (see http://www.upov.int/ge nie/en/ ) 
e. The PLUTO Plant Variety Database provides information concerning plant breeders' 
rights.  (see http://www.upov.int/pluto/en/ ) 
 
                                                
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  ANEX O III1 
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS  
UPOV terms  
 
DL-205 UPOV distance lea rning 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 Pl ant 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  
 
AATF African Agricultural Tech nology Foundation  
AECID  Spanish Agency for Cooperation and Economic Development  
AFSTA  African Seed Trade Association  
AGEPI  State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova  
AGRA  Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa  
AOHE  Association o f European Horticultural Breeders  
AOSA  Association of Official Seed Analyst  
APEC-IPEG Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation's Intellectual Property Rights Experts' 
Group  
APSA  Asia and Pacific Seed Association  
ARIPO  African Regional Intellectual Property Or ganization  
ASIPI  Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property  
ASTA  American Seed Trade Association  
CARICOM  Caribbean Community  
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity  
CGIAR  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research  
CGRFA  Commiss ion on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture  
CIOPORA  International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental 
and Fruit  Varieties  
COMESA  Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa  
CPVO  Community Plant Variety Office of the European  Union  
EAPVP Forum  East Asia Plant Variety Protection Forum  
ECCAS  Economic Community of Central African States  
ECOWAS  Economic Community of West African States  
EIPIN  European Intellectual Property Institutes Network  
ESA European Seed Association  
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  
FWCC  Friends World Committee for Consultation  
GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH  
(German Agency for International Cooperation)  
GNIS Groupement national interprofession nel des semences et plants  
ICARDA  International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas  
ICBA International Center for Biosaline Agriculture  
ICNP Open -ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol 
on Access and Benefit -sharin g 
IEPI Instituto Ecuatoriano de la Propiedad Intelectual  
(Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property)  
                                                
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  ILO International Labour Organization  
INDECOPI  Peruvian Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property  
ISF International Seed F ederation  
ISTA International Seed Testing Association  
ITPGRFA  International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture  
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency  
KEPHIS  Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service  
KOICA  Korea International  Cooperation Agency  
KSVS  Korea Seed and Variety Service  
NEPAD  New Partnership for Africa's Development  
OAPI African Intellectual Property Organization  
OECD  Organisation for Economic Co -Operation and Development  
OEVV  Spanish Plant Variety Office  
OIF Organisation internationale de la francophonie  
QUNO  Quaker United Nations Office  
QUT Queensland University of Technology  
SAA Seed Association of the Americas  
SADC  Southern African Development Community  
TAIEX  Technical Assistance and Information Exchang e Instrument (TAIEX) of the 
European  Union  
UBIS University of Business and International Studies  
UEMOA  Union économique et monétaire ouest africaine (West African Economic and 
Monetary Union)  
UN United Nations  
UNIGE  University of Geneva  
USPTO  United S tates Patent and Trademark Office  
WECARD  West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development  
WFO World Farmers' Organization  
WIPO  World Intellectual Property Organization  
WTO World Trade Organization  
 
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