Links to websites of interest

National Plant Variety Offices and Related Institutions

Inside European Union

• Belgium
  OPRI (Belgium, Intellectual Property Office)
• Czech Republic
  UKZUZ (Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture)
• Denmark
  Danmarks JordbrugsForskning (Danish Institute of Agricultural Science)
• Estonia
  Taimetoodangu Inspektsioon (Estonian Plant Protection Inspectorate)
• France
  GEVES (Groupe d'Etude et de Contrôle des Variétés et des Semences)
  INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)
• Germany
  BSA (Bundessortenamt)
• Hungary
  HPO (Hungarian Patent Office)
• Latvia
  VAAD (State Plant Protection Service)
• Lithuania
  AVTC (Lithuanian State Plant Varieties Testing Center)
• Poland
  COBORU (Research Centre For Cultivar Testing)
• Slovakia
  UKSUP (Central Controlling and Testing Institute in Agriculture of Slovakia)
• Slovenia
  FURS (Phytosanitary Administration of the Republic of the Republic of Slovenia)
• Sweden
  Jordbruksverket (Swedish Board of Agriculture)
• The Netherlands
  Naktuinbouw
  PRI (Plant Research International)
  Raad voor Plantenrassen
• United Kingdom
  NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Botany)
  PVRO (UK Plant Variety Rights Office)

Outside European Union

• Australia
  IP AUSTRALIA (Intellectual Property Australia)
• Argentina
  INASE (Instituto Nacional de Semillas)
• Canada
  CFIA/PBR (Canadian Food Inspection Agency/ Plant Breeder's Right)
  CIPO (Canadian Intellectual Property Office)
• New Zealand
  New Zealand Plant Variety Rights Office

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International Organisations

• AIPH (International Association of Horticultural Producers)
• CIOPORA (International community of breeders of asexually reproduced ornamental and fruit-tree varieties)
• ESA (European Seed Association)
• ISF (International Seed Federation)
• ISTA (International Seed Testing Association)
• ISHS (International Society of Horticultural Science)
• UPOV (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants)

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Community Institutions

• EUROPA (European Commission)
• Health & Consumer Protection DG (European Commission)
• European Agencies

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