Swiss-Seed (Swiss Association for seed trade and plant breeders' rights)

 

Swiss-Seed is a non-profit organisation and has taken over the tasks of the two former organisations SISP (Swiss Association for the protection of plant breeders rights) and VSSJ (Association of Swiss Seed Companies) on 1 January 2007.

Swiss-Seed has 30 members and represents the interests of the plant breeders and seed trade in Switzerland.

 

Purpose:

• Develop and maintain relations with the official authorities and research stations and cooperation with other organisations connected with the seed industry.
• Representation of Switzerland in international organisations such as the ISF (International Seed Federation), FLEUROSELECT, ESA (European Seed Association) and CIOPORA (Communauté Internationale des Obtenteurs de Plantes Ornementales et fruitières de Reproduction Asexuée).
• Continued training of the members and offering of services.
• Cooperation with the responsible federal research stations and the federal authorities by assisting in establishing the Recommended Variety List, the official variety testing of seeds and plants as well as the organisation and implementation of variety protection.
• Participation in technical committees and secure the capacities for certification and quality control.
• Development and promotion of the seed trade, of vegetative and generative agricultural crops and ornamental plants by
  - Specifying quality standards » VESKOF Norms
  - Organisation of the necessary control services
  - Organisation of an Arbitration Chamber based on the ISF Arbitration
    Rules.

Swiss-Seed is divided in three sections:

• Forage and turf crops, chairman: Meinrad Müller, e-mail: Meinrad.Mueller@Hauenstein.ch
• Young plants and horticultural seeds, chairman: Hanswalter Müller, e-mail: hanswalter.mueller(at)wyss-blumen.ch
• Variety protection, chairman: Evelyne Thomet, e-mail: thomet(at)dsp-delley.ch
  This section operates the Swiss-Seed^Service agency.

 

Swiss-Seed
Geschäftsstelle

Albert Gysin

Nathalie Plank
Postfach 344
CH-8401 Winterthur
Tel. +41 58 433 76 90
Fax +41 58 433 76 99
swiss-seed(at)swiss-seed.ch

 

President: Walter Tschirren
3602 Thun
walter.tschirren(at)ericschweizer.ch

 

Treasurer: Jürg O. Hauenstein
8197 Rafz
juerg(at)hauenstein.ms

 

Swiss-Seed^Service
Willi Wicki
Route de Portalban 40
CH – 1567 Delley
Tel. +41 26 677 90 29
Fax +41 26 677 17 55
Mobil +41 79 278 16 60
service(at)swiss-seed.ch