For priority purposes
If you wish to claim priority based on a Community Plant Variety application, please make a request to the CPVO in writing indicating the CPVO file number and the country where the subsequent application for the same variety was made.
The Office will acknowledge receipt of it and e-mail the related debit note of €20 for up to 10 pages and €1 per page thereafter.
For active files (varieties for which no final decision has been taken yet), priority documents may contain:
- a covering letter (a declaration) containing i.e. the country where the certified documents will be sent,
- certified filing documents,
- certified denomination proposal, if any,
- copies of photographs of the variety, if any,
- an extract of the Register, if deemed necessary, to reflect changes as compared to filing documents.
For granted files (varieties for which a Community right has already been granted), priority documents may contain:
- a covering letter (a declaration) containing i.e. the country where the certified documents will be sent,
- certified filing documents,
- copies of photographs of the variety, if any,
- certified copy of the certificate of the grant,
- an extract of the Register, if deemed necessary, to reflect changes as compared to filing documents.
For legal purposes (for example, for infringement cases)
If you have to provide supporting documents to an authority in the form of a certified copy, for instance in infringement cases, please make a request to the Office. The Office may in such cases provide documents such as:
- the certificate,
- the decision,
- the variety description,
- the photographs,
- deeds of assignments,
- an extract of the register to reflect any updated situation.