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Official Announcement
Official Gazette 1.2022 and annex to the Annual Report 2021

The official Gazette of the CPVO 1.2022, the S2 Gazette 2022 and the annex to the Annual Report 2021 have been published and are available for free in electronic format only (PDF).

You may download both gazettes from the Gazette page , the annex to the Annual Report from the Annual Reports page .

A search tool is available to identify these modifications on the web site of the Office: S2 Gazette
15 February 2022
Press Release
New President of the Community Plant Variety Office takes up office

On 01 February 2022, Francesco Mattina took up his duties as President of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), the European Union (EU) agency responsible for granting plant variety rights, after being appointed to this role by the Council of the European Union on 20 December 2021.

Francesco Mattina, a 51-year-old Italian national specialised in EU law and in Intellectual Property law, joined the CPVO in 2013 after gaining international experience in private law firms as a partner and in the EU public sector as a senior legal advisor in industrial property at the EU Agency for...
31 January 2022
Official Announcement
Duration of Community Plant Variety Protection extended from 25 to 30 years for certain species

By Regulation (EU) 2021/1873 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2021, the term of protection of the Community plant variety rights for varieties of the species Asparagus officinalis L. and of the species groups flower bulbs, woody small fruits and woody ornamentals has been extended by five years. The duration of the Community plant variety rights will, therefore, be extended from 25 to 30 years.

This Regulation entered into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, namely on 15 November 2021...
20 December 2021
Official Announcement
Official Publications 6.2021

The official Gazette of the CPVO has been published and is available for free in electronic format only (PDF).

You may download the gazette from the Gazette page .

15 December 2021
Technical Announcement
Announcement n◦ 7/2021 of the Community Plant Variety Office. Decision of the Administrative Council of the Community Plant Variety Office on test guidelines 07/10/2021

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 for...
15 December 2021
Official Announcement
Announcement n◦ 8/2021 on Holidays of the Community Variety Plant Office in 2022

We would like to inform you that the CPVO will be closed on the following dates:
14.04.2022 - 15.04.2022 18.04.2022 09.05.2022 26.05.2022 - 27.05.2022 06.06.2022 14.07.2022 15.08.2022 01.11.2022 - 02.11.2022 23.12.2022 - 31.12.2022
15 December 2021
Technical Announcement
New guidelines on the suitability of variety denominations and revision of the explanatory notes

The CPVO wishes to inform applicants and stakeholders that new CPVO guidelines on variety denominations will become applicable as of 1 January 2022.

A variety denomination is the generic name of a plant variety. In the framework of a CPVR application, the applicant must submit a suitable denomination for his new variety. To be suitable, the variety denomination must comply with the requirements of Article 63 of Regulation No 2100/94 (the Basic Regulation).

In addition, a plant variety denomination is unique and Article 17 of the Basic Regulation makes the use of the variety...
15 December 2021
CPVO and LUISS School of Law sign cooperation agreement

Reinforcing the relationships between the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and leading universities from across Europe is important in order to explain and promote the values, benefits and challenges of plant variety protection to a greater number of law students and professionals in the field of intellectual property rights.

The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and Luiss Guido Carli University have concluded an agreement that will allow selected students from the Master in Food Law to enrich their academic record with a 1-year internship at the Office in Angers (France...
14 December 2021
Communication
Simplification of notifications regarding non-payment of fees as of 1st January 2022

In order to answer several external queries and to streamline its official communication with all users, the CPVO wishes to bring clarity as regards the cancellation notifications for non-payment of fees.

According to Article 83(2) Regulation 2100/1994, the CPVO shall send one official reminder to right-holders or their procedural representatives once the deadline to perform the payment of the fee for protected varieties has expired. This official reminder is sent via MyPVR for electronic users and by registered mail with recorded delivery for paper-based users. It contains a new...
13 December 2021
Press Release
European Parliament resolution on the EU Commission’s Intellectual Property Action Plan for Recovery and Resilience

On 11 November, the European Parliament (EP) adopted with a large majority (454 votes for, 94 against and 23 abstentions) a resolution in response to the Commission’s EU Intellectual Property Action plan .

In its resolution, the EP presents a series of recommendations for upcoming EU initiatives in the field of intellectual property rights and emphasises that the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights are of great importance for the European economy and for the recovery and resilience of the EU, especially in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and other global crisis...
09 December 2021
Communication
Presentation of the CPVO at the European Parliament's AGRI Committee

On Tuesday 30 November 2021, Members of the European Parliament from the Agriculture and Rural Development committee (AGRI) held an exchange of views with Mr Francesco Mattina, Acting President of the Community Plant Variety Office, and with representatives of the European Commission.

Mr Francesco Mattina presented the role and activities of the Community Plant Variety Office.

The CPVO presentation was followed by a presentation of the scientific opinion on " Towards a scientifically justified, differentiated regulation of genome edited plants in the EU " by: • Prof. Dr....
03 December 2021
Official Announcement
Official Publications 5.2021

The official Gazette of the CPVO has been published and is available for free in electronic format only (PDF).

You may download the gazette from the Gazette page .

15 October 2021