Presidency

On 3 March 2021, the President of the CPVO met virtually with a delegation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

During the meeting, it was recalled that the United States of America’s Plant Variety Protection Act was amended to include asexually reproduced plant varieties, which allows the U.S. Plant Variety Protection Office to accept applications for these genera.  With the ability to accept these new varieties, the U.S. Plant Variety Protection Office adopted the UPOV Test Guidelines for all asexually reproduced varieties.  As a result, DUS reports from the CPVO

Presently the take-over fees must be paid by applicants up-front when requesting the CPVO to take over a report from an entrusted examination office. This will now change and payment for the take-over fees should be made when the CPVO receives the final report from the examination office concerned, be it positive or negative.

By decision of the President of the CPVO from 8 February 2021, where the CPVO makes use of a report on the result of a technical examination of a variety carried out previously for official purposes in a EU Member State by an entrusted