News Archive - Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform

The ACLP joins round table on intellectual property and seeds at Paris International Agricultural Show 2025

27 February 2025

The ACLP joins round table on intellectual property and seeds at Paris International Agricultural Show 2025

In February 2025, the ACLP Managing Director Hélène Guillot took part in the round table discussion "Intellectual Property and Seeds: A Philosophy of Sovereignty" organized by SEMAE, the French Interprofessional Organisation for Seeds and Plants, at the annual Paris International Agricultural Show.

The ACLP organizes an information session for EU policy makers

21 January 2025

The ACLP organizes an information session for EU policy makers

In January, the ACLP organized an information session for policy makers involved in the process of designing the future regulation around New Genomic Techniques at the European Parliament level.

ACLP joins the Euroseeds CIPR

5 December 2024

ACLP joins the Euroseeds CIPR

The Euroseeds Committee on Intellectual Property Rights is now open to observers. The ACLP Managing Director Hélène Guillot is participating as an observer to represent the ACLP, which is an associate member of Euroseeds.

Get to know more about the ACLP arbitration mechanism

Get to know more about the ACLP arbitration mechanism

ACLP website is now enriched with a new page related to the arbitration mechanism.

ACLP welcomes new member MAY Tohum

ACLP welcomes new member MAY Tohum

The ACLP is very pleased to welcome a new member! MAY Tohum (MAY Seed) has joined the ACLP as of April 2024.

The ACLP at the Euroseeds 2023 Congress: launch event, membership discussions and first interview

23 October 2023

The ACLP at the Euroseeds 2023 Congress: launch event, membership discussions and first interview

The ACLP has been officially inaugurated at the Euroseeds Congress 2023 and sparked a lot of interest from potential new members!

The ACLP Launch Event

7 September 2023

The ACLP Launch Event

The ACLP has been fully operational since April 2023, and now the time has finally come for an official launch event!

ACLP announces Managing Director

Press release - 1 September 2023

ACLP announces Managing Director

The Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform (ACLP) founding members announce the appointment of Hélène Guillot as the Managing Director of the platform.

The ACLP is recruiting Managing Director

The ACLP is recruiting Managing Director

The Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform (ACLP) founding members announce the appointment of Hélène Guillot as the Managing Director of the platform.

Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform for plant breeding innovation launched

Press release - 19 January 2023

Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform for plant breeding innovation launched

Today 9 companies announce the launch of the new Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform (ACLP), a non-profit organization which will be a collaborative source for plant breeding innovation, enabling access in Europe to innovative traits for seed companies of all sizes. The ACLP will offer a simple, legal framework for all breeders to use.