§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo 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]
§ Mr. RookerThe lists requested are set out.
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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 —