Official Announcement
Duration of Community Plant Variety Protection extended from 25 to 30 years for certain species
By Regulation (EU) 2021/1873 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2021, the term of protection of the Community plant variety rights for varieties of the species Asparagus officinalis L. and of the species groups flower bulbs, woody small fruits and woody ornamentals has been extended by five years. The duration of the Community plant variety rights will, therefore, be extended from 25 to 30 years.
This Regulation entered into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, namely on 15