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The Office hereby informs you that the information related to closing dates and submission requirements for plant material will, as from 15/10/2020, be updated daily on the CPVO website. Such data may be found under "Technical Examination / Plant material submission to Entrusted Examination Offices S2/S3 Publication" and will be published annually (15/02) in a

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

Technical examinations which are initiated or are to be approved by the Community Plant Variety Office must be performed in accordance with the test guidelines which have been adopted by the Administrative Council. Technical examinations started prior to the decision are not affected unless otherwise announced. The plant species concerned as well as the date of the decision are accordingly published in the Official Gazette of the Office. The technical protocol can be consulted through the website of the Office, or upon request can be transmitted by the Office. Technical questionnaires

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

The CPVO calls for 20 Board of Appeal Members. 

The successful candidates will be appointed by the Administrative Council.

They will not be employed by the CPVO but will - as per needed in appeal cases -  be selected by the Chairman of the CPVO Board of Appeal.

For full details see Official Journal OJ C 142 A, 30.4.2020.

Please note: Remuneration is on assignment. EU servants are not remunerated on the basis of an outside activity; when selected, they need to file a mission request with their EU employer.

You cannot apply if

On 27 April 2020 the President of the Community Plant Variety Office took a Decision concerning the extension of time limits for proceedings before the CPVO.

The Decision is applicable as of 4 May 2020 and concerns the deadlines for the payment of the annual fee (Article 9 fees regulation) and the payment of examinations fees (Article 8 fees regulation). Any other time limits regarding proceedings with the CPVO are not affected by this decision.

In practice users are encouraged to pay all invoices for annual fees and fees for technical examinations within the normal