Dear Friends and Colleagues

Please find the latest APBREBES news letter providing an update on plant variety protection.
This issue of APBREBES highlights issues that will be discussed at UPOV’s autumn session that begins on 26th October.  The issues include Industry’s proposal for a harmonized PVP filing mechanism; UPOV’s policy on documents; Draft Program and Budget for the 2016-2017 Biennium; Interrelations with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), especially its Article 9 which concerns Farmers’ Rights; and examination of conformity of Iran’s legislation on Plant Variety Protection with the 1991 Act of UPOV.

Regards
Sangeeta Shashikant
Third World Network