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A new video introducing the INVITE project has been published today.

The video features François Laurens, Research Director at INRA & coordinator of the INVITE project, Martin Ekvad, President of the CPVO, and Päivi Mannerkorpi, European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, who introduce the main objectives of the project. It was recorded at the kick-off meeting of the project last July in Angers.

Watch the video on YouTube

INVITE stands for "Innovation in variety testing" and is a

The CPVO Notes for Applicants have been updated to reflect the changes which happens at the beginning of 2020.

Changes include:

revision of the paragraph on the designation of a Procedural Representative (paragraph 5.4), revision of the Chapter 14 -procedure of surrenders and withdrawals (use of ‘MyPVR’), revision of the Chapter 12 on appeals, a new Chapter 13 on ‘Restitutio in integrum’. one new UPOV country listed: Egypt (in Annex 1).

Please note that additional changes will be included in an updated version of the Notes for

The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and the French Variety and Seed Study and Control Group (GEVES) will be present in a joint booth at SIVAL 2020 where our experts will be available to discuss the latest developments in plant production and infom visitors about EU plant breeders' rights. 

SlVAL 2020 will take place from 14 to 16 January 2020 in Angers, France.  This unique trade show in France covers many important areas of plant production, such as viticulture, oenology, horticulture,

The CPVO would like to inform all applicants of a fee adjustment for the testing of pharmaceutical Cannabis sativa L. varieties (PCS). As of 1 January 2020, the new fee for PCS technical examination will be 2020€ per growing period.

On 3 September 2019, the CPVO and Naktuinbouw revised the Designation Agreement and thereby adjusted the level of remuneration that the CPVO pays to Naktuinbouw for testing pharmaceutical Cannabis varieties (PCS). Following this adjustment the CPVO decided to change the technical examination fee that applicants pay to the CPVO for PCS varieties in

In this webinar co-organised by the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and the European IP Helpdesk (EUIPHD) on 13 December 2019, Orsola Lamberti (CPVO) and Michele Dubbini (EUIPHD) explain the differences between Geographical Indications, Trademarks & Plant Variety Denominations.

The webinar lists a series of concrete examples and offers an opportunity to answer the following questions:

What are the differences between Geographical Indication, Trademarks and Plant Variety Denominations? What are the peculiarities and characteristics of the registration of each

The official Gazette of the CPVO and the S2 Gazette 6.2019 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