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32 I EUROPEAN SEED I EUROPEAN-SEED.COM SPOTLIGHT VEREINIGUNG DER PFLANZENZCHTER UND SAATGUTKAUFLEUTE STERREICHS FARM-SAVED SEED IN AUSTRIA The European Union regulation 210094 functions as the base of the Austrian law on plant variety rights from 2001. In respect to the use of farm-saved seed FSS the Austrian law makes no further clarification on royalties and their collection. The law provides the possibility for agreements between farmers and breeders. However small farmers are excluded from any farm-saved seed regulation. The Minister for Agriculture can promulgate a regulation with regard to information on the use of FSS when an agreement between the stakeholders exists. However until recently it was not possible to achieve such an agreement with the farmer legal representation Chamber of Agriculture. During VPSs regular discussions with the Chamber of Farmers it became apparent that the participants agree on the arguments but cannot admit this officially because of political reasons. Due to these reasons such agreements could not be achieved until the present day. Furthermore the government and the minister gave VPS to understand that this is the precondition for them to interveneact. Since the structure of the farms is very small many of them would not be covered by FSS regulation. JOIN US AT THE ESA ANNUAL MEETING IN VIENNA Hosting the ESA Annual Meeting is important for Saatgut Austria and its members. The organisation looks forward to networking with other experts in the seed industry. It is also a great opportunity to present the Austrian plant breeders and seed production industries to journalists its always important to share information on agricultural matters with non-experts. Registration for the ESA Annual Meeting is open. Register now esa.conceptum.eu SAATGUT AUSTRIA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chairman Michael Gohn Chairmen Deputy Johann Blaimauer Johann Birschitzky Erich Schwarzenberger Members Of The Executive Board Erwin Arocker Felix Fuchs Josef Fraundorfer Johann Posch Andreas Ziegler Elisabeth Zechner Rainer Frank Paul Brunner Hubert Kabinger Hermann Tappler Christian Stockmar Auditors Peter Nachtnebel Walter Steinmayr Secretary Anton Brandstetter Executive board left to right Anton Brandstetter Johann Blaimauer Erwin Arocker Michael Gohn Andreas Ziegler Renate Brunmayer Felix Fuchs Erich Schwarzenberger Elisabeth Zechner Paul Brunner Johann Birschitzky Rainer Frank Josef Fraundorfer Christian Stockmar MEP Elisabeth Kstinger at a meeting at a cereal breeding station. From left to right Johann Blaimauer chairman deputy VPS Elisabeth Zechner cereal breeder Garlich v. Essen ESA Anton Brandstetter secretary general VPS Michael Gohn chairman VPS Elisabeth Kstinger MEP Franziska Lschenberger cereal breeder Johann Birschitzky chairman deputy VPS