June 16, 2026

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Euroseeds welcomes the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (COMENVI) approval of NGT Regulation compromise

European Union - Council and Parliament reach provisional deal on new rules for plant reproductive material

European Union - Council agrees mandate on measures to advance biotech innovation in the EU

CPVO and Dutch Board for Plant Varieties launch harmonized application form

Clean Seed Capital Group receives U.S. Notice of Patent Allowance for residue management technology, further strengthening its agricultural innovation portfolio

European Commission welcomes political agreement on seeds and other plant reproductive materials
La Commission se félicite de l'accord politique intervenu sur les semences et autres matériels de reproduction des végétaux
La Comisión acoge con satisfacción el acuerdo político sobre semillas y otros materiales de reproducción vegetal

June 15, 2026

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A new version of the application form for variety listing and the granting of plant breeders’ rights in the Netherlands will be introduced shortly
Binnenkort wordt een nieuwe versie van het aanvraagformulier voor toelating en kwekersrechtverlening in Nederland geïntroduceerd

Pakistan moves to liberalise GMO regime with major biosafety reforms (The Nation)

Community Plant Variety Office - Official Gazette of the CPVO 3.2026

Bundersortenamt - Blatt für Sortenwesen Juni 2026

Reconfiguring Seed Governance in Japan: A Review of Institutional Transformation from Public Seed Supply to Intellectual Property and Multi-Level Governance (MDPI)

June 12, 2026

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European Parliament briefing - New genomic techniques for plants to boost innovation in sustainable agriculture

Corteva to pay $85 million to settle US farmers' lawsuit over pesticide prices (Reuters)

June 11, 2026

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20 pays africains s’engagent à protéger les semences paysannes (L'Economiste Maghrében)

ISAAA and MABIC announce 9th Asian Short Course on Agribiotechnology, Biosafety Regulation, and Communication (ASCA9), September 1–4, 2026 in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia

COGEM - Advies Equivalentiecriteria uit Bijlage I van het compromis NGT-voorstel

Europa corre el riesgo de quedarse atrás

June 10, 2026

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GEVES’s CPVO accreditation for DUS tests has been renewed

Saatgutwirtschaft fordert faire Wettbewerbsbedingungen in Europa

China’s Supreme People’s court issues guidelines for ascertaining technical facts in cases involving new plant varieties (National Law Review)

China - Guideline issued to enhance legal protection for new plant varieties (China Daily)

Evidence-Informed, locally led: Advancing seed sector legislative reform in Kenya

UK National Farmers Union - Seed royalties explained

Edición genética, el momento de decidir es ahora

Argentina - Semillas: tras imponer cambios en los controles, ahora el Gobierno llama a debatir una nueva ley (InfoCampo)

Argentina - Semillas: apoyos y cuestionamientos al nuevo protocolo de control varietal del Gobierno (La Nación)

Brasil - Capacitação fortalece o setor de sementes com ampla participação do público

Deutschland - Nachbaubedingungen: Gerichtsurteil zum Erntegut schockt Landwirte: Streit um Bescheinigung geht weiter (Agrar heute)

June 9, 2026

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Vietnam - Conditions for exemption from import tax on seeds (Vietnam.vn)

Argentina - Semillas: mientras la nueva ley sigue sin debatirse, el Gobierno oficializó nuevos mecanismos de control (InfoCampo)