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Official Announcement

"Announcement No 2/2005 of the Community Plant Variety Office" (OG n°02/2005)

15 April 2005
Official Announcement

"Decision of the Administrative Council of the Community Plant Variety Office on the suitability of variety denominations" (OG n°03/2004)

Announcement No 6/2004 of the Community Plant Variety Office

Decision of the Administrative Council of the Community Plant Variety Office on the suitability of variety denominations

24/03/2004

The Administrative Council of the Office adopted on 24th March 2004 new guidelines and explanatory notes on the suitability of variety denominations. The major modifications in comparison to the previous version concern:
the form of the guidelines, giving them more the character of

24 March 2004
Official Announcement

"German agreement on farm-saved seed"(OG n°01/2004)

Announcement N° 1/2004 of the Community Plant Variety Office

German agreement: ’’Pursuant to Article 5 (4) of Commission Regulation (EC) N° 1768/95 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) N°2605/98, the publication of this agreement has the effect that the levels of remuneration and the conditions thereof, as agreed therein, shall be used as guidelines for the determination of the remuneration to be paid for the use of farm-saved seed of varieties protected under Community plant variety rights in Germany and for the species concerned by the

01 January 2004
Official Announcement

"Postponement of testing announcement"(OG n°01/2004)

Announcement N° 3/2004 of the Community Plant Variety Office

Postponement of testing announcement

The attention of applicants is drawn to the fact that set of rules on the postponement of testing of certain fruit species have been established in order to implement Article 56.6 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2100/94 which states that “The Administrative Council may determine that the technical examination for varieties of vine and tree species may begin at a later date”. The detailed set of rules and the fruit

01 January 2004
Official Announcement

"Apple announcement" (OG n°01/2004)

Announcement N° 2/2004 of the Community Plant Variety Office

Apple announcement

The attention of applicants is drawn to the fact that as from 2004, Community plant variety rights technical examinations for fruit varieties will no longer be carried out in the United Kingdom. Any varieties currently under test by the British authorities will nonetheless finalise their testing there. Future apple and pear applications will be tested either by GEVES in France or the Bundessortenamt in Germany.

Furthermore, as from 2004,

01 January 2004
Official Announcement

"Payment of fees and surcharges" (OG n°03/2001)

Announcement No 02/2001 of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) in respect of the payment of fees and surcharges

The CPVO does not accept cheque or cash payments.

All fees and surcharges owed to the CPVO must be paid by transfers of funds to a bank account held by the CPVO or to a charge account held with the

01 January 2001
Official Announcement

"Acceptance by the Office of non-original documents" (OG n°02/2000)

Notice N°2/2000 of the Community Plant Variety Office

Acceptance by the Office of non-original documents

In accordance with Article 57(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) N° 1239/95 and with effect from 1st May 2000, the CPVO will accept the following categories of documents by fax or e-mail:

(a) an objection to the grant of a Community Plant Variety Right,

(b) a notice of appeal against a decision of the

01 February 2000
Official Announcement

"Submission of colour photographs for certain applications" (OG n°02/1998)

Disclaimer:This announcement is no longer up to date. More recent and relevant information on this subject is available in the document ‘Guidance as to the picture quality’ which is currently applicable and available in 6 languages (DE, EN, ES, FR, IT, NL).
Announcement N° 1/98 of the Office in respect of the submission
of colour photographs for certain applications
The Community Plant Variety Office would like to inform applicants that as from 1 May 1998, it will be an obligation at the time of application to provide

01 January 1998
Official Announcement

"Technical examination of roses" (OG n° 02/1998)

01 January 1998
Press Release

Reconciling innovation and tradition in European viticulture - An open access article

The first results of cooperation between the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre (OIPRC) of the University of Oxford, and the Institute for Agri-environmental Research and Water Economics (INAGEA) of the University of the Balearic Islands, under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) “Plant Breeders’ Rights and Innovation under the scope of Geographical Indications in the EU wine sector”, have come to light:
Lightning in a Bottle? Wine GIs and Disruptive Innovation - Vives-Vallés, J. A., & Gangjee, D. S.
AI at CPVO: Navigating Compliance While Driving Innovation – A Conversation with Claudia Coletta

As new regulatory frameworks on artificial intelligence have been adopted across Europe, the CPVO is actively engaged to ensure compliance while promoting innovation in plant variety protection.
At the forefront of this effort is Claudia Coletta, the CPVO’s AI Correspondent, responsible for aligning the agency with the AI Act (EU) 2024/1689 and broader European AI governance. Appointed in October 2024, she serves as the primary liaison with the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), working to assess AI-related risks, ensure transparency, and explore how AI can
Transforming Agriculture - The revolutionary smart data breeding technology of CropXR

The CropXR Institute was founded in the summer of 2023. Its central office is located at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. It is a unique public-private collaboration that comprises scientific institutions, industrial partners and technology innovation companies. The institute unites a community of experts stemming from disciplines such as plant sciences, data sciences and social sciences. All those engaged with CropXR are driven to arm agricultural production to make the field less vulnerable to climate change. The activities of CropXR aim to contribute to reducing the