E TWF/45/32 ORIGINAL: English DATE: May 30, 2014 INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS Geneva TECHNICAL Forty-Fifth Session Marrakesh, Morocco, May 26 to 30, 2014 REPORT adopted by the Technical Working Party for Fruit Crops Disclaimer: this document does not represent UPOV policies or guidance The Technical Working Party for Fruit Crops (TWF) held its forty-fifth session in Marrakesh, Morocco, from May 26 to 30, 2014. The list of participants is reproduced in Annex I to this report. The session was opened by Mrs. Carensa Petzer (South Africa), Chairperson of the TWF, who welcomed the participants and thanked Morocco for hosting the TWF session. The TWF was welcomed by Mr. Mohammed Sadiki, Secretary General, Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries of Morocco. A copy of the welcome address of Mr. Sadiki is provided in Annex II to this report. The TWF was welcomed by Mr. Amar Tahiri, Chief, Division of Seeds and Plant Control, National Office of Sanitary Food Safety (ONSSA), who made a presentation on plant variety protection in Morocco. A copy of the presentation made by Mr. Tahiri is provided in Annex III to this report. The TWF expressed its condolences for the sad loss of Mr. François Boulineau, Chairman of the Technical Working Party for Vegetables (TWV), who had died on December 23, 2013. It was recalled that, in addition to being Chairman of the TWV, Mr. Boulineau had brought great experience and expert knowledge to UPOV’s technical work and was a leading expert for a number of important UPOV Test Guidelines. Adoption of the Agenda The TWF adopted the agenda as reproduced in document TWF/45/1. Short Reports on Developments in Plant Variety Protection (a) Reports on developments in trial variety protection from members and observers The TWF noted the information on developments in plant variety protection from members and observers provided in document TWF/45/25 Prov. The TWF noted that reports submitted to the Office of the Union after May 23, 2014, would be included in the final version of document TWF/45/25.
E TWF/45/32 ORIGINAL: English DATE: May 30, 2014 INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS Geneva Forty-Fifth Session Marrakesh, Morocco, May 26 to 30, 2014 REPORT adopted by the Technical Working Party for Fruit Crops Disclaimer: this document does not represent UPOV policies or guidance The Technical Working Party for Fruit Crops (TWF) held its forty-fifth session in Marrakesh, Morocco, from May 26 to 30, 2014. The list of participants is reproduced in Annex I to this report. The session was opened by Mrs. Carensa Petzer (South Africa), Chairperson of the TWF, who welcomed the participants and thanked Morocco for hosting the TWF session. The TWF was welcomed by Mr. Mohammed Sadiki, Secretary General, Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries of Morocco. A copy of the welcome address of Mr. Sadiki is provided in Annex II to this report. The TWF was welcomed by Mr. Amar Tahiri, Chief, Division of Seeds and Plant Control, National Office of Sanitary Food Safety (ONSSA), who made a presentation on plant variety protection in Morocco. A copy of the presentation made by Mr. Tahiri is provided in Annex III to this report. The TWF expressed its condolences for the sad loss of Mr. François Boulineau, Chairman of the Technical Working Party for Vegetables (TWV), who had died on December 23, 2013. It was recalled that, in addition to being Chairman of the TWV, Mr. Boulineau had brought great experience and expert knowledge to UPOV’s technical work and was a leading expert for a number of important UPOV Test Guidelines. Adoption of the Agenda The TWF adopted the agenda as reproduced in document TWF/45/1. Short Reports on Developments in Plant Variety Protection (a) Reports on developments in variety protection from members and observers The TWF noted the information on developments in plant variety protection from members and observers provided in document TWF/45/25 Prov. The TWF noted that reports submitted to the Office of the Union after May 23, 2014, would be included in the final version of document TWF/45/25. trial TECHNICAL
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