Presidency | CPVO

Trade show

IPM Essen 2021

The CPVO will be present at IPM Essen, Germany, from 26 to 29 January 2021 where we will hold a joint booth together with the Bundessortenamt (BSA), the French Variety and Seed Study and Control Group (GEVES) and the Netherlands Inspection Service for Horticulture (Naktuinbouw).

Visitors looking for information on how to obtain a plant variety right valid on the whole territory of the European Union and how to prepare for technical examination are welcome to visit our booth and ask their questions to our experts (location of our booth will

26 January 2021
Event

POLITICO's Agriculture & Food Summit 2020

POLITICO’s Agriculture and Food Summit will take place in an intercative virtual format on 24-25 September 2020.

The conference will convene 130+ of the industry’s top minds from the policy world, science, farming, agriculture, food industry and more. They will explore the new political reforms and innovative technologies that have the potential to shape Europe’s agricultural and food industry into a greener, more innovative as well as globally competitive sector.

The conference will address a

24 September 2020
Trade show

Salon du Végétal

"Salon du végétal" is back to the city of Angers this year with a special focus on sustainable and future-proof vegetal production. Given the covid-19 outbreak, the format of the trade show has been adjusted and will be organised as follows:
A digital event on 14-15 September 2020 A trade show at "Palais des Expositions" of Angers on 10-11 February 2021
The Community Plant Variety Office will be present at both events.

More information is available on the official website of Salon du

14 September 2020
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ec_roadmap_ip_plan_july_2020.pdf
Intellectual Property: the European Commission would like to hear your views!

The European Commission invites the public and all interested stakeholders to voice their opinions on its roadmap aimed at upgrading the Intellectual Property protection system in the European Union.

The European Commission roadmap is open for feedback until 14 August 2020.

For more information and for participation, we invite you to consult the dedicated webpage on the European Commission website.

Background

Intellectual property (IP) rights enable EU businesses to protect their inventions & creations to better compete around the

17 July 2020
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2020_05_20_plant_reproductive_material_en.pdf
Brexit

Updated guidance on BREXIT

In the context of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the European Commission and the Community Plant Variety Office have published updated guidance for stakeholders regarding the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and the EU rules applicable in the field of Community Plant Variety Rights.

Updated guidance is also available regarding the marketing of seeds and other plant reproductive propagating material. The marketing of seeds and other plant reproductive propagating material is outside the scope of competence of

29 June 2020
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Communication

Video: DUS technical examination

In the context of a webinar organised with Végépolys Valley to explain the European Union's PVR system, the Community Plant Variety Office has produced together with GEVES a short video explaining the technical examination (DUS) process for candidate varieties of Hydrangea. The video is currently available in French and the full webinar recorded today by Végépolys Valley will be made available on the CPVO website in September.

Play video: "OCVV 2020: L'examen

12 June 2020