1. Plant Variety Rights FARMERS’ POINT OF VIEW COPA-COGECA
Presentation by THOR GUNNAR KOFOED,
Chairman of the COPA-COGECA Working Party on Seeds

2. Plant Variety Rights
COPA-COGECA are a umbrella organisation which represents at EU-25 level
F National Farmers Unions and National Agriculture Cooperative Federations
15 million people working on farms and over 40,000 cooperatives

3. Plant Variety Rights
F Going backwards
COPA-COGECA had 2 positions

4. Plant Variety Rights Exemption for small farmers
F Quantitative restriction at regional or national level
Exemption for small farmers

5. Plant Variety Rights Monitoring of the regime NOW, AT PRESENT
F Remuneration to the holder of the plant variety right: a key issue
Monitoring of the regime
NOW, AT PRESENT

6. Thank you for your attention
COPA-COGECA
Thank you for your attention