Observers

Rules governing observer status Rules governing the granting of observer status to States, intergovernmental organizations and international non-governmental organizations in UPOV bodies and access to UPOV documents

Observers in UPOV Bodies

(Updated: April 4, 2024) - Rules governing observer status pdf list

STATES

State Council CAJ TC TWPs
Afghanistan  √  √  √
Algeria  √  √  √
Bangladesh  √      
Barbados  √      
Brunei Darussalam  √      
Burkina Faso  √      
Burundi  √      
Cambodia  √      
Côte d'Ivoire  √      
Cuba  √      
Cyprus  √      
Djibouti  √      
Dominica  √      
El Salvador  √      
Fiji  √      
Gabon  √      
Greece  √  √    √
Guatemala  √    √  
Guyana  √  √  √  √
Honduras  √  √    
India  √  √  √  
Indonesia  √      
Iran, Islamic Republic of  √      
Iraq  √      
Jamaica  √      
Kazakhstan  √    
Lao People’s Democratic Republic  √    
Lebanon  √      
Libya  √      
Liechtenstein  √      
Luxembourg  √      
Madagascar  √      
Malawi  √      
Malaysia  √  √  √  √
Mauritius  √  √  √  
Mongolia  √
Myanmar  √      
Nigeria  √  √  √  √
Pakistan  √  √    
Philippines  √      
Rwanda  √  √  √  √
Saudi Arabia  √  √  √  √
Senegal  √      
Seychelles  √      
Sri Lanka  √      
Sudan  √      
Suriname  √  √  √  √
Syrian Arab Republic  √      
Tajikistan  √  √  √  
Thailand  √  √  √   √
Tonga  √      
Turkmenistan  √  √    
Uganda  √      
United Arab Emirates  √      
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)  √  √  √  √
Yemen  √      
Zambia  √      
Zimbabwe  √  √  √  √

 

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Intergovernmental organization Council CAJ TC TWPs
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)  √   √   √   √
Andean Community  √      
Bioversity International (former International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, IPGRI)  √  √  √  √
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR System Organization)  √      
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)  √  √    
European Patent Office (EPO)  √  √    
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)  √    √  
International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)  √    √  √
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)  √    √  √
South Centre  √  √    
The World Conservation Union (IUCN)  √      
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)  √      
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)  √      
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)  √      
World Bank  √      
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)  √  √    
World Trade Organization (WTO)  √  √    

 

INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

International non-governmental organization Council CAJ TC TWPs
African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA)  √  √  √  √
Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA)  √  √  √  √
Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society (APBREBES)  √  √  √  √
Association of European Horticultural Breeders (AOHE)  √      
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)  √      
BusinessEurope
International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants of the International Union for Biological Sciences (IUBS)  √  
Committee of Agricultural Organizations in the European Union (COPA)  √      
Committee of National Institutes of Patent Agents (CNIPA)  √      
CropLife International  √  √  √  √
European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC)  √  √  √  √
European Federation of Agents of Industry in Industrial Property (FEMIPI)  √      
European Organisation of Agricultural, Rural and Forestry Contractors (CEETTAR)  √      
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries’ Associations (EFPIA)  √      
Euroseeds  √  √  √  √
General Committee for Agricultural Co-operation in the European Union (COGECA)  √      
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)  √  √    
International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH)  √  √  √  
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)  √      
International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Horticultural Plants (CIOPORA)  √  √  √  √
International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI)  √      
International Seed Federation (ISF)  √  √  √  √
Seed Association of the Americas (SAA)  √  √  √  √
Union of European Practitioners in Industrial Property (UNION)  √      
World Farmers' Organisation (WFO)  √  √  √  

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