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One of the major reasons put forward for Australia to have Plant Variety Rights or Plant Breeder's Rights was to gain access to overseas-protected varieties, and to enable Australian breeders to sell their varieties on overseas markets. For this to work effectively Australia must be a signatory to the UPOV Convention and therefore the form of its legislation must reflect the provisions of the Convention. As a result many of the contested parts of the PBR Act were not just a wish list from the Australian Government, but were necessary to conform to the Convention. The Council of the International Union for the Protection of New Plant Varieties (UPOV) is responsible for the development and monitoring of the International Convention which provides consistency for PBR between countries. There are currently over 58 member countries and each has a member on the UPOV Council.
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