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Official Announcement
"Announcement n◦ 6/2015 on Holidays of the Community Variety Plant Office in 2016" (OG n°6/2015)

15 December 2015
Press Release
Official Gazette 6.2015

The official Gazette of the CPVO 6.2015, S2 Gazette have been published and are available for free in electronic format only (PDF). You may download both gazettes from the Gazette page .

A search tool is available to identify these modifications on the web site of the Office: S2 Gazette
15 December 2015
Press Release
CPVO case-law 1995-2015 booklet

For its 20th anniversary in 2015, the CPVO published the summaries of 20 years of decisions and judgments of its Board of Appeal, of the General Court and of the Court of Justice of the European Union .

To get a printed version of this publication free of charge, please visit EU Bookshop .
14 December 2015
Technical Announcement
New TQ for Zea mays L.

New TQ for Zea maize has been revised. It allows now to indicate the F.A.O. maturity class.

Please make sure to download the latest version from the List of Technical Questionnaires .
13 November 2015
Press Release
Denominations of plant varieties and absolute grounds for refusal of CTM applications

With decisions of 15 October 2015 the First Board of Appeal of the OHIM has dealt with six cases, namely R 279/2014-1, Silverado, R 280/2014-1, Goldrush, R 528/2014-1, Geisha, R 691/2014-1, Wasabi, R 894/2014-1, Skyfire; R 895/2014-1, Ice Tea ( CPVO Case-law database )

With these decisions the Board of Appeal of the OHIM has clarified its approach regarding the refusal of applications for CTMs due to their identity with already registered denominations of plant varieties.

In preparation of the decisions, on 27 April 2015 the Board of Appeal had a public oral hearing with...
12 November 2015
Press Release
Reduced fees for Online Applications

Following the positive opinion of the Administrative Council of the CPVO to reduce the application fee to € 450 for CPVR applications filed on-line, the Standing Committee on Community Plant Variety Rights voted in favour of the proposal.

With Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2206 of 30 November 2015 published in the Official Journal of the EU No L 314/22 of 1.12.2015 , Commission Regulation (EC) No 1238/95 of 31 May 1995 (“the Fees Regulation”) has been amended as regards the fees payable to the CPVO.

The application fee for CPVR applications filed on paper...
12 November 2015
Official Announcement
"Announcement n° 3/2015 of the Community Plant Variety Office. Decision of the Administrative Council of the Community Plant Variety Office on test guidelines 01/10/2015" (OG n°5/2015)

15 October 2015
Press Release
Official Gazette 5.2015

The official Gazette of the CPVO 5.2015, S2 Gazette have been published and are available for free in electronic format only (PDF). You may download both gazettes from the Gazette page .

A search tool is available to identify these modifications on the web site of the Office: S2 Gazette
15 October 2015
Press Release
Celebrating 20 years serving the EU plant variety protection system (1995-2015)

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11 September 2015
Press Release
2014 Annual report available in French

The CPVO Annual Report for 2014 is now available in French in addition to the English version.

See on the Annual Reports .
25 August 2015
Press Release
Official Gazette 4.2015

The official Gazette of the CPVO 4.2015, S2 Gazette have been published and are available for free in electronic format only (PDF). You may download both gazettes from the Gazette page .

A search tool is available to identify these modifications on the web site of the Office: S2 Gazette
17 August 2015
Press Release
Briefing on the Seminar on the interface between plant variety rights and patents in Brussels

The Community Plant Variety Office has organized a seminar on the interface between plant variety rights and patents in Brussels on 24 June 2015 .
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10 July 2015