Seed Association of Ukraine
BC "STAND", 14, Vasylkivska str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03040
E-mail: seeds.ukraine.2010@gmail.com
WWW: ukrseeds.org.ua
Seed Association of Ukraine will take part in work of the IV International Forum on Intellectual Property, which will be held in Kiev on 7 June. The event will bring together government officials, judges, leading lawyers who work in IP sphere, as well as other industry representatives. This event will be a professional platform for discussing industry problems and finding solutions.
Dear colleagues,
Seed Association of Ukraine wishes you Happy Easter!
On this day, one of the greatest Christian holidays, we want to wish you happiness, good health and professional success!
ІІ International Forum on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy “Counterfeiting and Piracy as threats to national security and economy” to be held in Kyiv on April 19 and 20, 2017. A special section of the event will be devoted to these issues in the field of seed production – Round table 4 “Security of The Future: Crops Protection Means and Plant Varieties (Seeds and Plants)”
Ukraine has yet to achieve recognition of seed certification system equivalent to EU requirements in order to export seed of its own production to the EU countries and to get full access to the international markets. Thus, in 2011, Ukraine requested the European Commission representatives to perform audit. This inspection, which covered cereal crops: oats, barley, rice, rye, wheat, triticale, as well as corn and sorghum, was conducted by the EU Commission's Directorate General DG Sante in the period from 26th of May to 4th of June, 2015. The final report was published on 16th o September, 2015. To date, the last review of the Ukrainian question within the European institutions took place on February 21, 2017.
In order to facilitate the review of this issue and to obtain the long-awaited approval of seed certification equivalence the Seed Association of Ukraine got its partner the European Seed Association, ESA, involved in the process. This organization fully and completely supports Ukraine in its efforts to gain recognition of equivalence of its seed certification system to EU requirements. Particularly, in January, 2017, the European Seed Association, ESA, upon the request of the Association, sent a letter to the DG Sante and the European Commission officials. On the 19th of April, at the next working meeting of the European Seed Association an update concerning the review of the process of the recognition of equivalence of the Ukrainian seed certification system to EU requirements will be given.
Kyiv, Ukraine, March 15, 2017 – Today Seed Association of Ukraine held a meeting on the implementation of the system of collection of royalties on the seed market. The event was attended by the companies-members of the association, representing its working group on royalties; Nicolas Perrin, Advisor on agricultural matters for the Embassy of France in Ukraine; Oleksii Soloviov, Ph.D., attorney-at-law, legal firm Jeantet Ukraine, and Marc Lecrivain, representative of French specialized organization Sicasov, involved in collection and payment of royalties.
The Board Meeting of Seed Association of Ukraine took place in Kyiv today, January 27, 2017. This event was visited by the honorary guest, Michael Keller, Secretary General of the International Seed Federation. Head of the ISF delivered a report on the activities of the federation, collaboration with Seed Association of Ukraine and urgent issues of the international seed industry.
Seed Association of Ukraine and industry business associations have sent an open letter to Maksym Martyniuk, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, that highlights that to date the process of seed certification hasn’t been renewed and suggests solutions to resolve this situation. Renewal of continuity of seed certification is of high importance in the period from December to February, taking into consideration that it is the very time for the process of certification of seed that is being locally produced from the previous year’s harvest as well as imported for this year’s sowing.
The delegation from Ukraine is planning to participate in the next scheduled meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, that will take place in Paris from January, 31st, to February, 3rd. The issue of extension of participation of Ukraine in OECD Schemes for the Varietal Certification of Seed Moving in International Trade is on the agenda of the meeting working technical group.
In particular, Ukrainian application to join the OECD Schemes for sugar beet seeds will be put under review on February, 2nd. It is also expected, that Ukraine will provide a self-evaluation report to the 2017 Annual Meeting of OECD
Seed Association of Ukraine and other industry and business associations have sent an open letter to Volodymyr Groysman, Prime Minister of Ukraine, that highlights the need to ensure consistency of seed certification, from which depends the course of spring sowing campaign.
Well-timed certification of seeds and planting materials in Ukraine has been put into risk by the liquidation of State Agricultural Inspection by the end of 2016. Inspection is reportedly only to process filed applications starting from the 5th of December. Whereas State Enterprise “State Center for Certification and Expertise of Agricultural Products”, which Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food is going to entitle to perform these duties in future, plans to start its work on certification from the 1st of February, 2017. In other words, there is a two months gap in the process, which is unacceptable considering that it is the high time for the process of certification of seed that is being produced from this year’s harvest and imported for sowing in spring.
Please, find attached the full text of the letter (in Ukrainian)
International Seed Federation (ISF) has approached Taras Kutovyi, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, with an official letter to facilitate the review of the request of Seed Association of Ukraine to increase the maximum quantities of imported trial seeds. By presenting this document, the international expert organization fully supports the position of the Seed Association of Ukraine on this issue.
European Seed Association (ESA) held its Annual Meeting on 9-11 October in Rome. Ukraine was represented at this important event by Seed Association of Ukraine in the person of Siuzana Hryhorenko, its Executive Director.
Topic: «Prospects of Ukraine’s seed branch development as a part of integration processes of world economy» which will take place on 27 February 2013 in Kyiv in Ramada Encore Kiev
