; Author: Royal Society; Publication Place: London; Publisher: Harrison and Sons
Two collected folders of reports, papers, minutes of meetings and correspondence concerning FIS/ASSINSEL, the BSPB (British Society of Plant Breeders) and ESA (European Seed Association) conferences and meetings, 1998-1999 and 2000-2001.
Reports, papers, meetings and correspondence from ASSINSEL, the BSPB (British Society of Plant Breeders) and others about changes affecting plant breeders such as new regulations and reform of intellectual property affecting the protection of plant varieties and plant breeder's rights: meetings of the Intellectual Property Working Committee, ASSINSEL statements and reports, position on DUS testing, minutes of the Forage Plants and Industrial Plants Sections, position on Access to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture adpted by the General Assembly in Mote Carlo, 1998, UPOV meeting, CPVO-COMASSO meeting, BPSB meetings, Food Labelling Regulations 1999, various copies of articles on plant variety, statements and correspondence on rights and responsibilities of GM crops from the Ministry of Agric., SCIMAC, the BSPB and the European Patent Office.
Programme and agendas for the 52nd FIS/ASSINSEL Congress, Sun City, South Africa, 26-31 May 2001 including handwritten notes and paper 'Consolidation of ASSINSEL Position Papers on Protection of Biotechnological Inventions and Plant Varieties; the Committee on Sustainable Agriculture meeting minutes, correspondence and report for May 29-30, 2001; FIS/ASSINSEL 'Info', Vol.VIII, No 2, July 2001 with calendar of events 2001-2; correspondence and draft papers about the ESA (European Seed Association) position on the revision of the International Undertaking on PGRFA; list of crops under discussion; FIS/ASSSINSEL delegate accommodation list; 2000/2001 progress report of the FIS/ASSINSEL Secretariat; booklet: 'FIS/ASSINSEL World Seed Congress 2001', list of participants'; fees and finances list for the conference.
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