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International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

Technical Working Party for Vegetables Fifty-Fourth Session Brasilia, Brazil, May 11 to 15, 2020 Technical Working Party for Ornamental Plants and Forest Trees Fifty-Second Session Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands, June 8 to 12, 2020 Technical Working Party for Agricultural Crops Forty-Ninth Session Saskatoon, Canada, June 22 to 26, 2020 Technical Working Party for Fruit Crops Fifty-First Session Nîmes, France, July 6 to 10, 2020 Technical Working Party on Automation and Computer Programs Thirty-Eighth Session Alexandria, United States of America, September 21 to 23, 2020	TWP/4/3 Original: English Date: April 15, 2020

##### UPOV PRISMA

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## EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. The purpose of this document is to report on developments concerning the development of UPOV PRISMA.

2. The TWPs are invited to note the developments concerning UPOV PRISMA.

3. The structure of this document is as follows:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................................

BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................................................... 2

DEVELOPMENTS IN 2019 ................................................................................................................................................... 2

Developments in the Technical Committee (TC) in October 2019 .................................................................................. 2

Developments in the fourteenth Meeting on the Development of an Electronic Application Form (“EAF/14 meeting) in October 2019 ................................................................................................................................................ 2

Developments in the Administrative and Legal Committee (CAJ) in October 2019 ........................................................ 3

Developments in the Consultative Committee and the Council in October 2019 ............................................................

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ..................................................................................................................................................

Version 2.4 ......................................................................................................................................................................

Implementation of the new UPOV PRISMA Terms of Use ........................................................................................ 3

Coverage ................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Functionalities ............................................................................................................................................................ 5

UPOV PRISMA fee .................................................................................................................................................... 5

Communication and promotion ....................................................................................................................................... 5

Meeting on the development of an electronic application form (EAF/15) ........................................................................

Version 2.5 ................................................................................................................................................................

Possible future developments ...................................................................................................................................