Presidency

We would like to inform our stakeholders that the vacancy notice for the role of Vice-President of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (Ref: CA 221, 7 June 2022).

The Vice-President will assist the President in his functions and powers, in particular as regards representing the CPVO and ensuring its leadership, management and strategic direction.

The post is available an initial mandate of 5 years, with a possible extension for a maximum period of 5 years according to the Regulation establishing the...

In the context of the revision of the plant and forest reproductive material legislation , the Health and Food Safety Directorate-General of the European Commission (DG SANTE) launched a short survey addressed to EU small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are active in breeding new plant varieties, multiplication and/or trade of seed and other reproductive material (agricultural crops, vegetables, fruit plants, ornamentals, forestry species).

The survey is available here: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/SMEpanel-PRM-FRM .

At this moment the questionnaire is...

The European Commission has opened a public consultation on the future EU legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques. The consultation period is 29 April 2022 - 22 July 2022 (midnight Brussels time).

Target audience

The initiative on plants produced by certain new genomic techniques concerns citizens and stakeholders (e.g. EU and national public authorities, breeders, farmers and other economic operators in the agri-food chain, academia and researchers, non-governmental organisations), both inside and outside the EU, covering a broad range of...

A new European study highlighting the impact of the Community Plant Variety Rights system (CPVR) on the EU economy and the environment was presented on 28 April 2022 in Angers, France, where the Community plant variety Office (CPVO) has its seat.

Key findings of the study include :

The CPVR system contributes to lower annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture and horticulture by 62 million tons per year. Furthermore, water use in agriculture and horticulture is reduced by more than 14 billion m3. In absence of the CPVR system, the production of arable crops in...