Geneva, Switzerland
November 1, 2011

The redesigned UPOV website has been launched today. Some of the features of the redesigned website include the following:

• freely accessible database of plant varieties (PLUTO), formerly only available in the form of a CD-ROM on subscription (UPOV-ROM Plant Variety Database);
• multimedia presentation on UPOV;
• video on the use of plant variety protection by gentian farmers in the Ashiro region of Japan (“the Ashiro Rindo story”);
• UPOV Collection of materials explaining the UPOV system;
• database of UPOV members’ laws (UPOV Lex).

In addition, please note that the Council agreed, at its forty-fifth ordinary session, held in Geneva on October 20, 2011, that the documents of the Administrative and Legal Committee (CAJ), Technical Committee (TC) and Technical Working Parties (TWPs), which were formerly only accessible to members and observers, would be made publicly accessible by removal of the password requirement. The Council also agreed that the removal of the password be arranged to coincide with the launching of the redesigned UPOV website on November 1, 2011.
 

Website: http://www.upov.int

Published: November 1, 2011