To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the meetings which officials from the Plant Variety and Seeds Office have attended with officials from (a) EU member states, (b) the European Commission and (c) the World Trade Organisation since 1 January 1999; and if he will list such meetings planned up to 1 June 1999. [81880]
The lists requested are set out.
Date
| Title of meeting
| EU member states
| European Commission
| World Trade Organisation
|
| 10 February 1999 | Meeting on testing of hybrids and parent lines for distinctness, uniformity and stability | Yes | — | — |
| 15 February 1999 | Joint Symposium by UPOV (International convention for the protection of new varieties of plants), WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) and WTO (World Trade Organisation) on the protection of plant varieties under Article 27·3(b) of the TRIPS (Trade related aspects of international property rights) Agreement | Yes | — | Yes |
| 18 February 1999 | Community Plant Variety Office meeting on sugar beet variety testing | Yes | Yes | — |
| 4 March 1999 | EU group of experts on variety denominations | Yes | Yes | — |
| 22-25 March 1999 | UPOV Technical Committee | Yes | Yes | — |
| 25 March 1999 | Bi-lateral meeting with Commission | — | Yes | — |
| 25 March 1999 | UPOV Administrative and Legal Committee | Yes | — | — |
| 26 March 1999 | UPOV Council | Yes | — | — |
| 26 March 1999 | UPOV Consultative Committee | Yes | — | — |
| 6 April 1999 | Community Plant Variety Office Fees Working Party | Yes | Yes | — |
| 7-8 April 1999 | Community Plant Variety Office Administrative Council | Yes | Yes | — |
| 8 April 1999 | EU ad hoc group on vegetable seed marketing | Yes | — | — |
| 12-13 April 1999 | EU agricultural common catalogue | Yes | Yes | — |
| 23 April 1999 | EU Standing Committee on Seeds | Yes | Yes | — |
Meetings planned up 1 June 1999
| ||||
| 29-30 April 1999 | EU comparative trial on oilseed rape | Yes | Yes | — |
| 3-4 May 1999 | EU Seed Certification Agencies Association | Yes | Yes | — |
| 10-11 May 1999 | UPOV editorial sub-group meeting | Yes | — | — |
| 14 May 1999 | EU comparative trial on electrophoresis | Yes | Yes | — |
| 28 May 1999 | EU Standing Committee on Seeds | Yes | Yes | — |
| 18-21 May 1999 | OECD seeds meetings | Yes | Yes | — |