PLANT VARIETY / BREEDER RIGHTS RESOURCES General Africa Argentina Asia-Pacific Australia Canada Chile Egypt Europe France Germany Italy Japan Korea Latin America Netherlands New Zealand Mexico Russia United Kingdom United States of America GENERAL International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) International Seed Federation (ISF) AFRICA African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA) South African National Seed Organisation (Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Saad-Organisasie) (SANSOR) ARGENTINA Argentine Plant Breeder's Association (Asociación Semilleros Argentinos) (ASA) Chamber of Seed Traders/Cámara de Semilleristas de la Bolsa de Cereales (CSBC) ASIA-PACIFIC The Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA) AUSTRALIA Plant Breeders Rights The Plant Breeders Rights Database hosted on the IP Australia website. Australian Seeds Authority Limited (ASA) Australian New Crops Website BRAZIL Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Sementes (ABRASEM) Associação Brasileira dos Obtentores Vegetais (BRAPOV) CANADA AgriClaim Canada Inc. Location: Calgary AgriClaim provides plant breeders' rights protection in Canada and in UPOV countries. The company facilitates DUS testing and examination with the local authorities. The company also acts as a legal representative for international clients in representing their PBR application in Canada. Plant Breeders Rights Office Plant Breeders Rights Office of Canada hosted on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website Plant Biotechnology Regulation Plant Biotechnology Regulation in Canada hosted on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website Variety Registration Office Variety Registration Office of Canada hosted on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website List of Varieties, by Crop Kind April 1999 (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format) Canadian Seed Trade Association Alberta Seed Industry Partnership CHILE Associacion Nacional De Productores De Semillas De Chile (ANPROS) EGYPT Egyptian Seed Association (ESAS) EUROPE The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) is a community organisation which implements and applies the European system for protecting plant variety rights. Their site provides information on procedures for plant variety protection, and issues such as the relationship between community and national protection. Eastern European Seed Network (EESNET) The Protection of Plant Inventions and Plant Variety Rights in Europe hosted on the IPR-Helpdesk website EU Community Plant Variety Property Rights - Regulations hosted on the European Commission website FRANCE Study & Control Group for Varieties & Seeds/Group d'Etude et de Contrôle des Variétés et des Semences (GEVES) L'Industrie Des Semences Oleo Proteagineuses (AMSOL) ITALY Italian Seed Trade Association/Associazione Italiana Sementi (AIS) JAPAN The Japan Seed Trade Association (JASTA) KOREA Korean Seed Association (KSA) GERMANY German Plant Varieties Protection Office German Association of Plant Breeders/Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter (BDP) Bundessortenamt - Protection and National Listing of New Plant Varieties LATIN AMERICA Latin American Federation of Seed Associations  (FELAS) "The Latin-American Federation of Seed Associations actually gathers 13 national seed producers and breeders associations from 11 Latin-American  countries and represents the seed industry interests before the regional intergovernmental institutions such as Mercosur, Andean Pact or FAO's Seed Consultative Forum. FELAS organises every two years the Pan American Seed Seminar, the most important meeting for the regional seed industry." NETHERLANDS Plantum NL NEW ZEALAND Plant Variety Rights Office The Plant Variety Rights Office of New Zealand is part of the Business and Registries branch of the Ministry of Commerce. New Zealand is a member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). Plant Variety Rights Register Search the Plant Variety Rights Register of New Zealand. MEXICO La Asociación Mexicana de Semilleros (AMSAC) UNITED KINGDOM The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) United Kingdom Agricultural Supply Trade Association (UKASTA) The UK Plant Breederss Rights Handbook Online UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plant Varieties Protection Office Plant Varieties Protection Office of the US Plant Varieties Protection Database Search the Plant Varieties Protection Database The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA)