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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 Administrative Council is in particular responsible for:

  • Adopting the Budget
  • Examining the management report of the President
  • Entrustment of Examination Offices
  • Discharging the President on the implementation of the budget
  • Validating the Technical Protocols
  • Granting of compulsory licenses
The composition of the Administrative Council

The Administrative CouncilThe Administrative Council consists of a representative of each EU Member State and a representative from the European Commission, and their alternates. The representatives from the Member States have voting rights. Member States appoint the members and their alternates.

The Chairman and his deputy are selected among its members; the duration of their terms of office is three years and their mandate is renewable.

The Administrative Council of the CPVO has adopted rules of procedures to allow non-governmental organizations operating in the sphere of plant variety protection under the Community plant variety protection system to send observers to its meetings.

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.
AT Austria Mr Klemens MECHTLER Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) Head of Dept. for Plant Varieties
Vacant
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BE Belgium Ms Shannah BOENS Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle Attachée
Mr
Geoffrey
BAILLEUX
Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle
Advisor
BG Bulgaria Ms Bistra PAVLOVSKA Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Executive Director
Mr
Todor
GADEV
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Secretary General
EN(334.38 KB)
CY 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
CZ 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
EN(218.08 KB)
EN(219.48 KB)
DE Germany Mr Elmar PFUELB Bundessortenamt President
Ms
Cathleen
FARR
Legal Affairs, Organisation, Variety Administration and Fees
EN(217.2 KB)
EN(219.41 KB)
DK Denmark Ms Kristine RISKÆR The Danish Agrifish Agency Director of Centre for Plants & Agricultural Holdings Act
Ms
Kristine
BECH KLINDT
The Danish Agrifish Agency
Special consultant
EN(223.07 KB)
EN(221.03 KB)
EE Estonia Ms Laima PUUR Agricultural and Food Board Councillor of Organic Farming and Seed Department
Vacant
EN(217.67 KB)
ES Spain Mr José Antonio SOBRINO MATE Oficina Española de Variedades Vegetales (OEVV) (Vice-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
EN(220.27 KB)
EN(227.81 KB)
EU EC Mr Bernard VAN GOETHEM European Commission Director Crisis management in food, animals and plants
Mrs
Dorothée
ANDRÉ
European Commission
Head of Unit - DG Santé
EN(222.16 KB)
EN(221 KB)
FI Finland Ms Tarja HIETARANTA Finnish Food Safety Authority Plant Breeders Right matters
Ms
Hanna
KORTEMAA
Finnish Food Authority
Director of Plant Production Department
EN(218.19 KB)
EN(218.53 KB)
FR France Mr Laurent Jacquiau Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Ms
Mariem
OMRANI
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
In charge of the seed sector, plant selection
EN(223.33 KB)
EN(219.98 KB)
GR Greece Mr Sotirios KOSMAS Ministry of Rural Development and Food
Ms
Anna
GEORGOULA
Ministry of Rural Development and Food
Agricultural scientist
EN(226.54 KB)
EN(225.49 KB)
HR 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
EN(220.61 KB)
EN(218.77 KB)
HU 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
EN(233.93 KB)
EN(227.39 KB)
IE 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
EN(223.33 KB)
IT 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
EN(219.52 KB)
LT Lithuania Ms Rasa Zuikienė State Plant Office under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania Head of Plant Variety Division
Ms
Inga
Jakimavičiūtė
EN(219.61 KB)
EN(223.59 KB)
LU 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
EN(219.82 KB)
EN(223 KB)
LV 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
EN(218.94 KB)
MT 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
EN(217.01 KB)
NL Netherlands Mr Marien VALSTAR Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie Directoraat-Generaal Agro - Directie Plantaardige Ketens en Voedselkwaliteit (Chair Administrative Council) Sector manager
Mr
Bert
SCHOLTE
Head of Variety Testing Department
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EN(223.38 KB)
PL Poland Mr Henryk BUJAK Research Centre for Cultivar Testing Director General
Mr
Marcin
BEHNKE
Research Centre for Cultivar Testing
Deputy Director General
EN(229.9 KB)
EN(229.67 KB)
PT 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
EN(222.32 KB)
EN(218.23 KB)
RO Romania Mr Mihai POPESCU State Institute for Variety Testing and Registration Director
Ms
Mihaela Rodica
CIORA
State Institute for Variety Testing and Registration
ISTIS
EN(219.34 KB)
EN(223.54 KB)
SE Sweden Mr Jens WEIBULL Swedish Board of Agriculture - Plant and Environment department Officer
Ms
Carina
KNORPP
Ministry for Rural Affairs - Animal and Food Division
Senior Adviser
EN(228.42 KB)
EN(218.05 KB)
SI 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
EN(225.94 KB)
EN(216.94 KB)
SK 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)
EN(222.33 KB)