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

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