plant variety protection and royalty collection in germany meeting of amsem on 19.02.2013 klaus...
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Plant Variety Protection and Royalty Collection in Germany
Meeting of AMSEM on 19.02.2013Klaus Schlünder
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Plant Variety Protection
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Definitions in German PVP Act
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• Variety distinctive, sufficiently homogeneous and stable collection of plants
• Harvested crops• Propagation material Plants and parts of plants including seeds intended for
the cultivation of plants or other cultivation purposes→ propagation material by nature not fit for other than propagating purposes (e.g. beet seed)→ propagation material by choice also fitting for other purposes (consumption)
• Farm saved seeduse of crops harvested on the own farm as seed
• Placing on the marketsell or offer free of charge or store with a view to offering or selling or making available to others
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Objectives of Plant Variety Protection (PVP)
Re-funding of the plant breeders´ investments Incentive for innovation in plant breeding
Legal basis for licence and multiplication agreements Conferring an injunctive right in case of infringement
Providing access for further research and breeding Basis for an efficient and competitive agriculture
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Yield improvement by active breeding
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Farm Saved Seed (FSS) – Obligations of Processors
Ensure identity of material processed
Notify seed treatment on request of the holder of PVP
Infringements lead to: Preventive injunction / forbearance commitment Claim of damages by holder of PVP
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Farm Saved Seed – Obligations of Farmers
Notify use of FSS on request of the holder of PVP Pay a fee for the use of farm saved seed Small farmers exempted from payment
No FSS if Seed used outside own farm Purchased seed
Infringements lead to: A preventive injunction / forbearance commitment Claim of damages by holder of PVP
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German Seed Association and Structure
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Licencing System for Cereals
50 PVPR owners organized in 14
distribution centres
ca. 250 sub-distribution and
organization companies
ca. 5800 seed multipliers ca. 100 distribution
and organization companies
sale of certified
seed
grants licence for seed multiplication and
distribution
seed multiplication licence pay licence
fee
pay licence fee
deliver basic seed
deliver basic seed
produce certified seed
produce certified seed
BS
notifys amounts of basic seed / certified
seed sold
STVchecks adherence to terms of contract
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Improved certified
seed ratio
Seed Quality
Seed Certification
Organisation/Structure/Agree-
ments
Partners/NetworkCommunication/
PR
Pricing/value for money
Black Market/License Agreement
ComplianceFarm Saved Seed
Strategy to promote certified seed ratio
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STV – founded in 1952
4 staff membersblack market controland license contract
monitoring(Bonn)
7 staff membersfarm saved seedroyalty collection
(Bonn)
7 field staff(Germany)
9 staff membersfarm saved seedroyalty collection
(Gießen)
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• Monitoring of license agreements compliance / Contract development
• Fighting black market• Contract management, withdrawal for own use
• Farm saved seed remuneration collection on behalf of the PVR owners
• Distribution of rebates for purchases of certified seed• Services for the seed industry
- Centralised management of all license agreements
- Individual investigations for breeding companies
- Quality assurance activities for certified seed
Seed sampling
Certification of seed treatment plants (planned)
Core activities of STV
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• Start of Reporting Year• STV drafts an annual budget• Breeders pay their annual contributions on a fiduciary account of
STV (prorata multiplication area or variety turnover)
• STV annual expenses financed from fiduciary accounts• Funds resulting from STV audits and farm saved seed royalty
collection credited to fiduciary accounts
• End of Reporting Year• STV makes account of actual expenses• reimburses breeders contributions• bills actual expenses to breeders• distributes returns on STV audits and farm saved seed royalty
collection to breeders
Funding of STV
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Breeders
Fiduciary account
Cereals
Fiduciary account
Potato
Fiduciary account
Pulses
Fiduciary account
Farm Saved Seed
Black Market & License Agreement Compliance
STV
Farm Saved Seed
Funding of STV
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Collection of Farm Saved Seed Remuneration
Explanatory Note and Farm Saved Seed Notification
Form
Farm Saved Seed Notification Form sent back to STV
Sending of Invoices and Credit Advice
Fee Collection
Notification Reminder
Request for notification sent by lawyer
Filing an action for notification
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April 2013STV sends declaration form and list of varieties concerned to farmers
Sowing in autumn 2012/spring 2013 Cereals, Pulses, Potatoes
June 2013 Farmer sends declaration form to STV
August 2013 STV generates farm saved seed invoices and sends them to farmers
September 2013Farmer pays invoice
June 2014STV distributes collected farm saved seed royalties to breeders
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Example of timelines – collection of FSS-Remuneration
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FSS Remuneration invoiced (Mio. €)(Sttus: 11.02.2013)
0,0
1,0
2,0
3,0
4,0
5,0
6,0
7,0
8,0
9,0
10,0
97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12
8,6
7,68,0
5,7 5,5 5,45,7 5,7 5,5
5,2
5,7
8,18,4 8,4
9,2abgeschlossene WJ
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FSS declaration send (NBE) with evidence (AHP)(Status: 11.02.2013)
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0
10.000
20.000
30.000
40.000
50.000
60.000
70.000
05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12
number
NBE sent without AHP with AHP
number
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Returns of FSS declarations (NBE) with evidence (AHP)(Status: 11.02.2013)
010.00020.00030.00040.00050.00060.00070.00080.00090.000
100.000110.000
05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12
Number
NBE sent without evidence still open with evidence still open
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To farmers allocated processed volumes by STV(Status: 11.02.2013)
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0
100.000
200.000
300.000
400.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
07/08 09/10 11/12
dt
Cereals of that winter wheat
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Better Regulations
Discussions and possible impacts
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Better Regulations Discussions
Options: delete, sustain, modify
Under the „modify“ scenario:
Horizontal Regulation
Crop specific technical annexes
Harmonisation of DUS
Harmonisation of VCU
Enhanced envolvement of private bodies in certification
Delete exemptions
Improve definitions
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Seed Certification
Marketing
Closure (of bags)
Seed certificate
Quality check
Sample taking
Field inspection
Application / Registration Breeder (MD company)
Official (or private)
(Official or) private
Official (or private accredited labs)
Certification body
Seed trader
Seed processor
to certification body
to breeder, MD, processor
bulk deliveryto farmer
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Thank You very much for your kind attention
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