Observers
Rules governing the granting of observer status to States, intergovernmental organizations and international non-governmental organizations in UPOV bodies and access to UPOV documents
Observers in UPOV Bodies
(Updated: April 4, 2024) - pdf list
STATES
| State | Council | CAJ | TC | TWPs |
| Afghanistan | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Algeria | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Bangladesh | √ | |||
| Barbados | √ | |||
| Brunei Darussalam | √ | |||
| Burkina Faso | √ | |||
| Burundi | √ | |||
| Cambodia | √ | |||
| Côte d'Ivoire | √ | |||
| Cuba | √ | |||
| Cyprus | √ | |||
| Djibouti | √ | |||
| Dominica | √ | |||
| El Salvador | √ | |||
| Fiji | √ | |||
| Gabon | √ | |||
| Greece | √ | √ | √ | |
| Guatemala | √ | √ | ||
| Guyana | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Honduras | √ | √ | ||
| India | √ | √ | √ | |
| Indonesia | √ | |||
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | √ | |||
| Iraq | √ | |||
| Jamaica | √ | |||
| Kazakhstan | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Lebanon | √ | |||
| Libya | √ | |||
| Liechtenstein | √ | |||
| Luxembourg | √ | |||
| Madagascar | √ | |||
| Malawi | √ | |||
| Malaysia | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Mauritius | √ | √ | √ | |
| Mongolia | √ | |||
| Myanmar | √ | |||
| Nigeria | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Pakistan | √ | √ | ||
| Philippines | √ | |||
| Rwanda | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Saudi Arabia | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Senegal | √ | |||
| Seychelles | √ | |||
| Sri Lanka | √ | |||
| Sudan | √ | |||
| Suriname | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Syrian Arab Republic | √ | |||
| Tajikistan | √ | √ | √ | |
| Thailand | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Tonga | √ | |||
| Turkmenistan | √ | √ | ||
| Uganda | √ | |||
| United Arab Emirates | √ | |||
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Yemen | √ | |||
| Zambia | √ | |||
| Zimbabwe | √ | √ | √ | √ |
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
| Intergovernmental organization | Council | CAJ | TC | TWPs |
| African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Andean Community | √ | |||
| Bioversity International (former International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, IPGRI) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR System Organization) | √ | |||
| European Free Trade Association (EFTA) | √ | √ | ||
| European Patent Office (EPO) | √ | √ | ||
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) | √ | √ | ||
| International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) | √ | √ | √ | |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | √ | √ | √ | |
| South Centre | √ | √ | ||
| The World Conservation Union (IUCN) | √ | |||
| United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | √ | |||
| United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | √ | |||
| United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) | √ | |||
| World Bank | √ | |||
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | √ | √ | ||
| World Trade Organization (WTO) | √ | √ |
INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
| International non-governmental organization | Council | CAJ | TC | TWPs |
| African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society (APBREBES) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Association of European Horticultural Breeders (AOHE) | √ | |||
| Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) | √ | |||
| BusinessEurope | √ | |||
| International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants of the International Union for Biological Sciences (IUBS) | √ | √ | √ | |
| Committee of Agricultural Organizations in the European Union (COPA) | √ | |||
| Committee of National Institutes of Patent Agents (CNIPA) | √ | |||
| CropLife International | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| European Federation of Agents of Industry in Industrial Property (FEMIPI) | √ | |||
| European Organisation of Agricultural, Rural and Forestry Contractors (CEETTAR) | √ | |||
| European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries’ Associations (EFPIA) | √ | |||
| Euroseeds | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| General Committee for Agricultural Co-operation in the European Union (COGECA) | √ | |||
| International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) | √ | √ | ||
| International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) | √ | √ | √ | |
| International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) | √ | |||
| International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Horticultural Plants (CIOPORA) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI) | √ | |||
| International Seed Federation (ISF) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Seed Association of the Americas (SAA) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Union of European Practitioners in Industrial Property (UNION) | √ | |||
| World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) | √ | √ | √ |
