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