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SEMINAR ON “THE BENEFITS OF PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION" IN SOFIA, BULGARIA

On 20 September 2018, the Community Plant Variety Office held a seminar on “The benefits of Plant Variety Protection” in Sofia, Bulgaria, in collaboration with the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs and the Bulgarian Executive Agency for Variety Testing, Field Inspection and Seed Control.

The main objective of the seminar was to promote investments in plant breeding and benefits in protecting new plant varieties at national or EU level. More than 130 participants from the private and the public sectors attended the event.

Presentations were given by

24 September 2018
Communication

The CPVO participates in the expansion of UPOV PRISMA PBR application tool

Since its launch, it has been possible to file applications to the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) using the UPOV PRISMA tool for 5 pilot species. Following a successful collaboration between the CPVO and UPOV, this system has now been extensively developed and from now on, breeders can file an application for EU plant variety rights to the CPVO through the UPOV PRISMA tool for almost all species in the vegetable, ornamental and fruit sectors.

This new possibility will significantly benefit breeders applying for plant variety protection

21 September 2018
Communication

Annual report 2017

The 2017 Annual report provides an overview of the CPVO activities in 2017 and the challenges ahead.

The annual report is complete with statistics and charts covering all aspects of the Community Plant Variety Rights system.

Enjoy reading!

(Download the pdf version or open the Online version below in English or in

06 September 2018
Official Announcement

Official Publications 4.2018

The official Gazette of the CPVO and the S2 Gazette 4.2018 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

15 August 2018
Communication

Upcoming training of Chinese experts at the CPVO

IP Key China together with the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), the Ministry of Agriculture of China (MOA) and the State Forestry Administration of China (SFA) is organising a training to four Chinese experts from the Development Center of Science and Technology, the Office of Protection of New Varieties of Plants and the Research Institute of Forestry from 25 to 29 of June.

The training will take place in two parts; three and a half days at CPVO Headquarters in Angers, France, including a visit to GEVES, one of the examination offices carrying out technical work on behalf

25 June 2018
Official Announcement

Official Gazette 3.2018

The official Gazette of the CPVO and the S2 Gazette 3.2018 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

15 June 2018
Communication

Call for expression of interest for QAS technical experts 2019-2021

The CPVO is setting up a list of Technical Experts for the next three years to participate in missions of the quality audit service (QAS) for the assessment of entrusted examination offices.

Any interested and suitably qualified Technical Experts are encouraged to send in their candidature to the CPVO Quality Audit Service by the end of July 2018.

For further information on the tasks at hand, and in order to complete your application, please download the documents

12 June 2018
Communication

Specialized seminar for Spanish judges 14 and 15 June 2018

The University of Alicante (Department of Commercial and Procedural Law) in cooperation with the General Council of the Spanish Judicial Power, is organizing a 2 days specialized seminar for Spanish judges and magistrates on 14 & 15 June 2018, focussing on Intellectual Plant Variety Rights.

Mr. Francesco Mattina, Vice-President of the CPVO, will present the European system for the legal protection of plant varieties on Thursday 14 June, session 3, from 6:30 to 7:00

30 May 2018
Communication

Marie Curie Post-Doc positions within EIPIN Innovation Society

The CPVO is a partner Institution to the EIPIN-Innovation Society doctoral programme under the EU-funded Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska Curie Action (MSCA) ITN-EJD. The EIPIN-Innovation Society is run by a consortium of leading research and training centres making use of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions to support researchers at all stages of their careers, regardless of age and nationality.

Fifteen PhD candidates are conducting research in all fields of innovation, including plant breeding. The EIPIN-Innovation Society is also supporting

23 May 2018
Communication

20 Highly Influential Seeds-people in Europe in 2017

After a first publication online (http://european-seed.com/20-highly-influential-seeds-people-europe-2017/ ), the article "20 Most Influential People for the EU seed sector" is now available in the most recent issue of the magazine European Seed with the theme 'Protecting your assets".

Here is the link to the flip-book of the digital version of the April 2018 issue of the magazine: http://www.european-seed.com/docs/books/volume-5/issue-2/?page=1 The article can be found on pages 19-25 of the

18 May 2018
Technical Announcement

Announcement n◦ 1/2018 of the Community Plant Variety Office. Decision of the Administrative Council of the Community Plant Variety Office on test guidelines 21/03/2018

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

15 April 2018
Official Announcement

Official Gazette 2.2018

The official Gazette of the CPVO and the S2 Gazette 2.2018 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

15 April 2018