Table of legislation, statutes and international conventions

European Union

European Patent Convention (EPC) of 5 October 1973

Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on community plant variety rights

Directive 98/44/EC of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions, OJ L 213, 30.7.1998, pp.

Regulation (EC) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, pp. 1-29

Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection, OJ L 361, 31.12.2012, pp. 1-8

Council Agreement on a Unified Patent Court of 19 February 2013

European Parliament Resolution of 10 May 2012 on the patenting of essential biological processes, 2012/2623(RSP)

European Parliament Resolution of 17 December 2015 on patents and plant breeders’ rights, 2015/2981(RSP)

Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions (2016/C 411/03)

Decision of the Administrative Council of 29 June 2017 amending Rules 27 and 28 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Conven­tion (CA/D 6/17)

Costa Rica

Biodiversity Law, No. 7788, 27 May 1998

France

LOI No. 2016-1087 du 8 aout 2016 pour la reconquete de la biodiversite, de la nature et des paysages, JORF n°0184 du 9 aout 2016, texte n^o 2

Germany

Patentgesetz, PatG in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 16.12.1980 (BGBl. I 1981 S. 1), zuletzt geändert durch Gesetz vom 01.09.2017 (BGBl. I S. 3346) m.Wv. 01.03.2018

India

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001 (Act No. 53 of 2001)

International

International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of 2 December 1961, as Revised at Geneva on 10 November 1972, on 23 October 1978, and on 19 March 1991

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 23 May 1969, 8 I.L.M.

Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm 16 June 1972, 11 ILM 1416

International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, adopted 23 November 1983 (FAO Resolution 8/83).

Nairobi Final Act of the Conference for the Adoption of the Agreed Text of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Resolution 3, adopted 22 May 1992 in Nairobi, Kenya, UNEP

Convention on Biological Diversity, Rio de Janeiro, 5 June 1992 [United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1760, I-30619]

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, UN Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3—14 June 1992

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Annex 1C of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, signed in Marrakesh, Morocco on 15 April 1994

Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, adopted by the Fourth Interna­tional Technical Conference, Leipzig, Germany, FAO 17—23 June 1996

Rome Declaration on World Food Security, adopted by the Fourth International Technical Conference, Leipzig, Germany, FAO 17—23 June 1996

General Comment No. 12: The Right to Adequate Food (Article 11 of the Covenant) of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cul­tural Rights (CESCR) 12 May 1999

African Model Legislation for the Protection of the Rights of Local Communi­ties, Farmers and Breeders, and for the Regulation of Access to Biological Resources, Algeria, 2000

Millennium Development Goals (MDG), UN, 6—8 September 2000

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (with annexes), Rome, 3 November 2001 United Nations, Treaty Series, [vol. 2400, I-43345]

Bonn Guidelines on Access and Benefit-Sharing as Related to Genetic Resources (Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity) COP 6 Decision VI/24The Hague, 7—19 April 2002

The Biosafety Cartagena Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity, was finalized and adopted in Montreal on 29 January 2000 and entered into force on 11 September 2003

Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Nagoya, 29 October 2010, UNEP/CBD/COP/DEC/X/1, entered into force 12 October 2014

Arusha Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), 6 July 2015

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, New York, 25-27 September 2015

UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas, draft version of the 5th OEIWG session (pursuant to paragraph 1 of Human Rights Council Resolution 36/22), Geneva, 9-13 April 2018

Malaysia

Protection of New Plant Varieties Act 2004 (Act 634)

Thailand

Plant Varieties Protection Act B.E.

The Philippines

Executive Order 247, Prescribing Guidelines and Establishing a Regulatory Frame­work for the Prospecting of Biological and Genetic Resources, Their By­Products and Derivatives, for Scientific and Commercial Purposes, and for Other Purposes, 18 May 1995

United States

Plant Patent Act of 1930, Pub. L. No. 71-245, 46 Stat. 376, enacted on 17 June 1930, codified as title 35 United States Code

Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970 (PVPA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 2321-2583