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European Institutions
	Europa
	European Commission
		DG AGRI - Agriculture
		DG SANCO – Health and Consumer Protection
		Management Structure
		DG ENV - Environment
		DG MARKT - Internal Market
		Enlargement
	CPVO – Community Plant Variety Office
	European Parliament
		AGRI - Agriculture & Rural Development
		ENVI - Environment, Public & Consumer Policy
		ITRE - Industry, External Trade, Research & Energy
		JURI - Legal Affairs & Internal Market
	Council

International Agreements/Conventions
	CBD – Convention on Biological Diversity
	FAO – International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
	UPOV - International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
		1961
		1978
		1991
	SPS – Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
	TBT – Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
	TRIPS – Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

International Organizations
	FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
		CGRFA – Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
		Seed & Plant Genetic Resources Service
	ISF - International Seed Federation
	ISTA – International Seed Testing Association
	OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
		Seed Schemes
		Environment Health and Safety Programme
	UPOV – International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
	WTO – World Trade Organization

Regional Professional Associations
	AFSTA - African Seed Trade Association
	APSA – Asia and Pacific Seed Association
	ASTA – American Seed Trade Association
	FELAS – Latin-American Federation of Seed Associations
	EESNET – Eastern European Seed Network
	ESA – European Seed Association
	EuropaBio – European Association of Bioindustries

EuroLex

	Intellectual Property
	Community Plant Variety Rights (Com. Reg. (EC) 2100/94)
		Amendment of Regulation No 2100/94 on Community Plant Variety Rights (Council Reg. (EC) 873/2004)
		Implementing Rules on the Agricultural Exemption (Com. Reg. (EC) 1768/95; Com. Reg. (EC) 2605/98)
	Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions (Directive 98/44/EC)
	Proposal for a Community Patent (COM/2000/0412)
	Custom Actions against Goods suspected infringing Intellectual Property Rights (Council Reg. (EC) 1383/2003)
	Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (Directive of the EP and EC 2004/48/EC)
	Biotechnology
		Contained use of GM Micro-Organisms (Directive 90/219/EC)
		Amending Directive on Contained use of GM Micro-Organisms (Directive 98/91/EC)
		Deliberate Release into the Environment of GMO (Directive 2100/18/EC)
		Genetically Modified Food & Feed: Com. Reg. (EC) 1829/2003
		Genetically Modified Food & Feed: Com. Reg. (EC) 641/2004 on implementation of Reg. (EC) 1829/2003
		Traceability & Labelling of GMOs: Com Reg. (EC) 1830/2003
		Transboundary Movements GMO (Reg. of the EP and Council No. 1946/2003)
	Seed Directives
		Marketing of Fodder Plant Seed (Directive 66/401/EC) - consolidated version
		Amendment of Directive 66/401/EC on Marketing of Fodder Plant Seed (Directive 2004/55/EC)
		Commission Decision on Conditions for the Placing on the Market of Seed Mixtures intended for use as Fodder Plants (2004/371/EC)
		Marketing of Cereal Seed (Directive 66/402/EC) - consolidated version
		Marketing of Beet Seed (Directive 2002/54/EC)
		Marketing of Vegetable Seed (Directive 2002/55/EC)
		Marketing of Seed Potatoes (Directive 2002/56/EC)
		Marketing of Seed of Oil and Fibre Plants (Directive 2002/57/EC)
		Denominations of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species and Vegetable Species (Regulation (EC) 930/2000)
		Characteristics and Minimum Conditions for Examining Vegetable and Agricultural Species (Directive 2002/8/EC)
	Other
		Novel Food (Com. Reg. (EC) 258/97)
		Directive of the European Parliament and Council on Environmental Liability with regards to the Prevention and Remedying of Environmental Damage (2004/35/EC)
	Proposals
		Adventitious Presence of GMO in Conventional Seeds (SANCO/1542)
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