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European Seed Association

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Type Advocacy Group
Industry Plant Breeding/ Biotechnology
Founded November 2000
Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
Key people Christoph Amberger, President

Garlich von Essen, Secretary General

Website www.euroseeds.org


In that sense, ESA lobbies on all seed related issues and specifically on:

  • Seed marketing, incl. GM and organic seed
  • Intellectual Property Rights (Plant Breeders Rights, Biotech Patents, etc.)
  • Plant/ seed health (phytosanitary rules; seed treatments)
  • Biodiversity and access to genetic resources
  • Land use and food production
  • Competitiveness of the EU agri-food chain

It also aims at solving collective problems of its membership like e.g. market access in third countries.

Fields of interst declared by the organization are:
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  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Climate Action
  • Consumer Affairs
  • Energy
  • Enterprise
  • Environment
  • Food Safety
  • Internal Market
  • Public Health
  • Research and Technology
  • Trade


It has been granted observer status with::
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International Seed Federation (ISF), International Union for the Protection of new Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) International Seed Testing Assocation (ISTA) International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)


EVENTS

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MEMBERSHIP

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ESA PRESIDENTS

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2009 – 2012: Christoph Amberger, KWS Saat AG (DE) 2006 – 2009: Francois Desprez, Francois Desprez (FR) 2003 – 2006: Sten Moberg, Svalöf Weibull (SE) 2000 – 2003: Anthony Keeling, Elsoms Seed (UK)


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ESA Homepage http://www.euroseeds.org

ESA Annual Meeting http://esa.conceptum.eu/