Study visit to Europe to investigate the feasibility of China’s accession to UPOV ‘91

Angers, France and Brussels, Belgium

Study visit to Europe to investigate the feasibility of China’s accession to UPOV ‘91

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IP Key and Chinese experts selected by China’s Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and China’s State Forestry Administration (SFA) (the “study team”) held a series of roundtables from July 4^th-7^th 2016 in Europe (Angers and Brussels) as part of an ongoing feasibility study on China’s potential accession to UPOV ’91. The Chinese study team met with European stakeholders to discuss the impacts of UPOV ’91 accession in the EU, and issues related to China’s potential accession to UPOV ’91. This informed the ongoing research conducted by the Chinese study team, expected to be completed in December 2016, about feasibility of China’s UPOV ’91 accession. The roundtables involved high-level participants from MoA, SFA, the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), UPOV, breeders’ associations, farmers’ associations, and academics. A list of the main participants in the study visit can be found below. The PPTs shared at the activity can be downloaded from the right-hand side of this webpage.

The activity resulted in several specific outcomes. It resulted in three concrete activities being agreed to be undertaken or seriously considered by MoA, SFA, and CPVO, namely: (1) a seminar to share experiences on CPVO’s auditing practices of the offices that provide it distinctiveness, uniformity, and stability (DUS) tests; (2) potential additional “taking over” of CPVO’s DUS testing reports by China; and (3) potential exchange of information related to treatment of essentially derived varieties (EDV), harvested material, farm saved seed, and other technical issues. Also, the activity resulted in: (4) UPOV’s continued commitment to provide a formal explanatory note in the near future on the relatively ambiguous concept of EDV; (5) Clarification, for the Chinese study team, of a number of technical issues related to legal provisions in UPOV ‘91 (e.g. exact parameters of exemptions for farmers); (6) identification of several strategies, based on European practice, that China can use to make potential accession to UPOV ’91 more politically feasible; (7) Understanding of the positive economic impact that accession to UPOV ’91 has created in the EU in terms of output, trade, innovation, and incomes of farmers; (8) Identification of a number of research studies that will help aid the Chinese study team’s research; and (9) commitment by stakeholders present at roundtables/meetings to further share information via email with IP Key and MoA and SFA related to the Chinese study team’s research. The outcomes are significant since they help build China’s capacity to accede to UPOV ’91.

Study visit structure and participants:

July 4^th – 5^th 2016: working meetings and roundtable with CPVO in Angers, France

Name	Title	Organisation
Bart Kiewiet	Founder	Bart Kiewiet Consultancy and former President of CPVO
Carlos Godinho	Vice‐President	CPVO
Dan Prud'homme	Technical Expert	IP Key
Dirk Theobald	Head Technical Unit	CPVO
Francesco Mattina	Head Legal Unit	CPVO
GAO Xintong	Project Officer	IP Key
Gerhard Schuon	Quality Auditing Leader	CPVO
Jean Maison	Deputy Head Technical Unit	CPVO
Li Mingqi	Deputy Director General	Centre for Science and Technology Development, SFA
Martin Ekvad	President	CPVO
Sergio Semon	Expert	CPVO
Song Min	Researcher & Deputy Director	Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Yang Xiongnian	Director General	Development Centre of Science and Technology, MoA
Zhang Liyang	Deputy Dean	Yahua Seeds Science Academy of Hunan
Zheng Yongqi	Director	Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry

July 6^th 2016: roundtable with breeders and other European stakeholders in Brussels, Belgium

Name	Title	Organisation
Alanna Rennie		CIOPORA
Bart Kiewiet	Founder	Bart Kiewiet Consultancy; former President of CPVO
Dan Prud’homme	Technical Expert	IP Key
Edgar Krieger	Secretary General	CIOPORA
Francesco Mattina	Head of the Legal Unit	CPVO
Gao Xintong	Project Officer	IP Key
Jean Donnenwirth	IP Manager, Corporate Counsel	DuPont Pioneer
Judith de Roos	Legal counsel	Plantum
Kees van Ettekoven	Head of Variety Testing Department	Naktuinbouw Variety Testing Department
Li Mingqi	Deputy Director General	Science and Technology Development Center, SFA
Martin Ekvad	President	CPVO
Paul Olson	Senior IP Expert PVP & Germplasm	KWS
Peter Button	Vice Secretary-General	UPOV
Sietske Wouda		Syngenta
Song Min	Deputy Director	China Center for Intellectual Property in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Szonja Csörgő	Director Intellectual Property & Legal Affairs	ESA
Yang Xiongnian	Director General	Science and Technology Development Center, MoA
Yves-Maries Campion		EURALIS Semences
Zhang Liyang	Deputy Dean	Yahua Seeds Science Academy of Hunan
Zheng Yongqi	Office Chief	Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry

July 7^th 2016: roundtable with UPOV representative in Brussels, Belgium

Name	Title	Organisation
Bart Kiewiet	Founder	Bart Kiewiet Consultancy; former President of CPVO
Dan Prud’homme	Technical Expert	IP Key
Gao Xintong	Project Officer	IP Key
Li Mingqi	Deputy Director General	Science and Technology Development Centre, SFA
Peter Button	Vice Secretary-General	UPOV
Song Min	Deputy Director	China Center for Intellectual Property in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Yang Xiongnian	Director General	Science and Technology Development Centre, MoA
Zhang Liyang	Deputy Dean	Yahua Seeds Science Academy of Hunan
Zheng Yongqi	Office Chief	Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry

July 7^th 2016: roundtable with farmers, scholars, and other European stakeholders in Brussels, Belgium

Name	Title	Organisation
Alanna Rennie		CIOPORA
Bart Kiewiet	Founder	Bart Kiewiet Consultancy; former President of CPVO
Dan Prud’homme	Technical Expert	IP Key
Elta Smith	Research Leader	RAND Europe
Gao Xintong	Project Officer	IP Key
Judith de Roos	Legal counsel	Plantum
Li Mingqi	Deputy Director General	Science and Technology Development Center, SFA
Mathias de Backer		CIOPORA
Paul Olson	Senior IP Expert PVP & Germplasm	KWS
Song Min	Deputy Director	China Center for Intellectual Property in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Thor Gunnar Kofoed	Chairman for Danish Agriculture and Food Council Seed Section	Danish Seed Council, COPA/COGECA WP on Seeds European Seed Growers Group
Yang Xiongnian	Director General	Science and Technology Development Center, MoA
Zhang Liyang	Deputy Dean	Yahua Seeds Science Academy of Hunan
Zheng Yongqi	Office Chief	Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry

This activity relates to a roundtable conducted in Beijing in May. Click here to find out more

For more information on this activity, please contact Dan Prud'homme dan.prudhomme@ipkey.org

Study visit to Europe to investigate the feasibility of China’s accession to UPOV ‘91

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Study visit to Europe to investigate the feasibility of China’s accession to UPOV ‘91

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