Slides summarising the new EU seed marketing Regulation: legal recognition for conservation networks and diverse varieties, opportunities for seed exchange and non-professional sales, but continued administrative burdens and species-specific limits.
EU Seed Marketing Reform
The next level: A Community Seed House – Opportunities and challenges
Presentation on the Community Seed House concept: definitions, functions, coordination, funding, and implications of the new EU PRM regulation for community seed initiatives, with objectives for 2026–2030.
Plant Variety Protection in Europe – the Review Process – the Enforcement – the Free Trade Agreements
Presentation reviewing EU Plant Variety Protection (Council Reg. 2100/94), its review and enforcement issues, industry enforcement demands, and the role of UPOV in EU free trade agreements with examples from negotiations.
Plant variety protection, NGTs and patents: Updates on political debates and cooperation amongst organic breeders, growers and NGOs
Slide presentation (24 May 2026) by NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! summarising legal background, recent patents on classical breeding and NGTs, risks for breeders, and policy recommendations to clarify exclusion of classical breeding from patentability.
Deregulation of plants obtained by New Genomic Techniques – Update & Outlook
Presentation on EU deregulation of NGT plants: timeline, trilogue outcomes (NGT1 treated as conventional, limited labelling, no monitoring), pipeline and cultivation status, legal challenge options and suggested actions for NGOs, breeders and consumers.
15th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum – Scandicci 2026 – Final report
Final report of the 15th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum (May 2026, Scandicci) summarising workshops on EU seed law reform, NGTs, patents, seed systems, community seed initiatives, Living Labs and festival activities.
ARCHE NOAH online Seed Policy Workshop on the new EU seed marketing rules – 6 October 2026
ARCHE NOAH invites the seed movement to a full-day online workshop on the new EU rules on seed marketing, Tuesday 6 October 2026, 9:00–16:30 CEST. The trilogue outcome on the PRM Regulation, topic by topic, and next steps at EU and national level. Registration open.
14th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum – Luxembourg 2025 – Final report
Final report of the 14th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum (4–6 Sep 2025, Luxembourg): 123 participants discussed EU seed law reform, UNDROP, patents, NGTs, participatory breeding, seed health, community seed networks and next steps for advocacy and practice.
12th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum – Dublin 2023 – Final report
Final report of the 12th LLD Forum (Oct 2023, Dublin) summarising workshops, policy debates (EU seed marketing reform, new GMOs), Farmers’ Rights, community seed initiatives, breeding and seed quality sessions.
Banques de semences communautaires : accès aux ressources génétiques et solutions de partage des avantages (Manuel 3)
Manuel 3 (DYNAVERSITY) sur l’accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage des avantages pour banques de semences communautaires, couvrant CDB, Nagoya, TIRPAA, cadre européen, scénarios pratiques et outils (ATTM/SMTA).
