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 (PVP)
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.
Towards Resilient Seed Systems: Gaps and Challenges in Integrating Formal and Farmers’ Seed Systems — Case of Armenia
Presentation on gaps and pathways to integrate formal and farmers’ seed systems in Armenia, highlighting regulatory, institutional and knowledge barriers and proposing policy recognition, support for local seeds, and collaboration.
Seeds, Access & Rules: policy and legal frameworks for Community Seed Banks – CSB Lab Workshop 3 (video)
Community Seed Bank Labs – Workshop funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
Video of a workshop (25 Mar 2026) on international and EU seed laws and what they mean for Community Seed Banks, covering the Treaty/SMTA, Nagoya, UPOV, EU seed marketing reform, conservation varieties and practical implications.
Guide to EU Seed Policy 2023 – Seeding Europe
Practical guide to EU seed policy (May 2023): institutions, legal instruments, GMO and plant health rules, biodiversity, intellectual property and seed marketing, aimed at seed savers, NGOs and citizens.
