Administrative Council

The Administrative Council is the budgetary authority of the CPVO, it monitors the CPVO activities and the management of its President, adopts general guidelines on matters for which the Office is responsible, advises the CPVO management, submits to the European Commission proposals for amendment of Community legislation on Plant Variety Rights and may issue rules on working methods of the Office.

The CPVO Administrative Council was established by the Council Regulation (EC 2100/94) and normally meets two times a year. It is composed of a representative of each Member State and a representative of the European Commission, and their alternates.

The tasks of the Administrative Council

The composition of the Administrative Council

Main Conclusions of the Administrative Council from 2011 onwards

Rules of procedure of the Administrative Council

Administrative Council Members

Country Member title First Name Last Name Sector/Department Position Alternate Member C.O.I.
Europe Europe Mr Bernard VAN GOETHEM European Commission Director Crisis management in food, animals and plants
Mr
Sylvain
GIRAUD
European Commission
Head of Unit - DG Santé
Austria Austria Mr Klemens MECHTLER Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) Head of Dept. for Plant Varieties
Belgium Belgium Ms Shannah BOENS Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle Attachée
Mr
Geoffrey
BAILLEUX
Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle
Advisor
Bulgaria Bulgaria Ms Bistra PAVLOVSKA Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Executive Director
Mr
Todor
GADEV
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Secretary General
Croatia Croatia Mr Ivica DELIC Ministry of Agriculture Head of the Department of Plant Varieties and Propagating Material
Ms
Željka
CEGUR
Ministry of Agriculture
Head of Department for Plant Reproductive Material
Cyprus Cyprus Mr Christos CHRISTOU Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environment Agricultural Officer
Ms
Anna
GEORGIADOU
Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Officer of Registrar
Czech Republic Czech Republic Mr Daniel JUREČKA Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture Director of Institute
Ms
Andrea
POVOLNA
Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture
Denmark Denmark Ms Kristine RISKÆR The Danish Agrifish Agency Director of Centre for Plants & Agricultural Holdings Act
Ms
Kristine
BECH KLINDT
The Danish Agrifish Agency
(Vice-Chair of the Administrative Council) Special consultant
Finland Finland Ms Tarja HIETARANTA Finnish Food Safety Authority Plant Breeders Right matters
Ms
Hanna
KORTEMAA
Finnish Food Authority
Director of Plant Production Department
France France Mr Laurent Jacquiau Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Mr
Antoine
KATALAYI MULELI
Germany Germany Mr Elmar PFUELB Bundessortenamt President
Ms
Stefanie
Wiesner
Legal Affairs, Organisation, Variety Admin, Fees
Head of Section 104
Greece Greece Mr Sotirios KOSMAS Ministry of Rural Development and Food
Ms
Anna
GEORGOULA
Ministry of Rural Development and Food
Agricultural scientist
Hungary Hungary Mr Gyorgy Molnar National Food Chain Safety Office Head of Forest Reproductive Material Inspection department
Ms
Katalin
MIKLO
Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
Deputy Head of Patent Department
Ireland Ireland Mr Michael MOLONEY Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine Controller of Plant Breeder's Rights
Ms
Elizabeth
HYLAND
Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine
Controller of Plant Breeder's Rights
Italy Italy Mr Alessandro FARACI Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi Patent and PVR examiner
Ms
Paola
Fiore
Head of Unit, Institutional Affairs and International Relations - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics
Latvia Latvia Ms Inga OVSJANNIKA State Plant Protection Service Senior Officer of Division of Seed Certification and Plant Variety Protection
Ms
Daiga
Bajale
State Plant Protection Service - Seed Control Department
Director
Lithuania Lithuania Ms Rasa Zuikienė State Plant Office under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania Head of Plant Variety Division
Ms
Auste
Geddes
Luxembourg Luxembourg Mr Marc WEYLAND Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture Director
Mr
François
KRAUS
Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture
Ingénieur-chef service de l'horticulture
Malta Malta Ms Maureen DELIA Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Climate Change Head - Research & Policy Unit
Mr
Mario
CARDONA
Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Climate Change
Netherlands Netherlands Mr Marien VALSTAR Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie Directoraat-Generaal Agro - Directie Plantaardige Ketens en Voedselkwaliteit Sector manager
Poland Poland Mr Henryk BUJAK Research Centre for Cultivar Testing Director General
Mr
Marcin
BEHNKE
Research Centre for Cultivar Testing
Deputy Director General
Portugal Portugal Ms Paula CRUZ DE CARVALHO Ministerio da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas Head of Plant Health Directorate
Ms
Teresa
AFONSO
Direção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária
Head of Plant Health Department
Romania Romania Mr Mihai POPESCU State Institute for Variety Testing and Registration Director
Ms
Mihaela Rodica
CIORA
State Institute for Variety Testing and Registration
ISTIS
Slovakia Slovakia Ms Katarína HANZELYOVA Central Control and Testing Institute in Agriculture (UKSUP) Senior Officer responsible for national and int'l coordination
Ms
Marianna
Jakubová
Central Controlling and Testing Institure in Agriculture (UKSUP)
Slovenia Slovenia Mrs Joži Jerman CVELBAR Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, Directorate for Agriculture Undersecretary
Mrs
Barbara
Vintar
Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, Directorate for Agriculture
Agriculture Directorate
Spain Spain Mr José Antonio SOBRINO MATE Oficina Española de Variedades Vegetales (OEVV) (Chair Administrative Council) /Jefe de Area del Registro de Variedades
Ms
Bibiana María
RODRÍGUEZ SENDÓN
Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente
Subdirectora General Adjunta de Medios de Produccion Agricolas y OEVV
Sweden Sweden Ms Karolina ASMAN Swedish Board of Agriculture - Plant and Environment department
Ms
Carina
KNORPP
Ministry for Rural Affairs - Animal and Food Division
Senior Adviser

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