South-East Asia

The High-Level Study Visit will consist of a half day seminar focusing on the benefits of membership in the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV 1991), the advantages of the EU Community Plant Variety Rights (CPVR) system under the UPOV 1991 Act, and the experience of Viet Nam as a UPOV 1991 member, and visits to various sites.  High-level and senior officials responsible for plant variety protection in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam will participate in the Study Visit.  The activity will include visits to GEVES, a French Testing Authorit

IP Key SEA contributed to the high level event organized by the EU Delegation to Singapore on the occasion of the signature of the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (November 2018) with the production of a leaflet on Geographical Indications covered by the EUSFTA.

• Brochure on Geographical Indications and the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement [PDF - 0.9MB] [EN]