Legal & Governance Affairs Unit

The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and the French Variety and Seed Study and Control Group (GEVES) will be present in a joint booth at SIVAL 2020 where our experts will be available to discuss the latest developments in plant production and infom visitors about EU plant breeders' rights. 

SlVAL 2020 will take place from 14 to 16 January 2020 in Angers, France.  This unique trade show in France covers many important areas of plant production, such as viticulture, oenology, horticulture,

In cooperation with the EU IP Helpdesk, the CPVO will organise two webinars on 14 & 15 November 2019 focussing on the technical examination (DUS tests) of varieties applying for Community Plant Variety Rights.

The webinars will show in detail how the CPVO carries out technical examination in general, and with a particular focus on specificities applied for seed propagated species (webinar n°1) and for vegetatively propagated plant species (webinar n°2).

If you wish to attend these webinars, you can register as of now by clicking on the relevant

This webinar recorded at the EUIPO Academy in February 2019 and featuring Anne Gardener, CPVO's Board of Appeal Registrar, covers legal proceedings before the CPVO.

The webinar provides information on the different legal proceedings a party can ask the CPVO or the Board of Appeal to open when in search of redress. Among others, it explains Board of Appeal proceedings, objections, nullities and cancellations.

Click here to watch the