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Given the exceptional circumstances and the heavy disruption caused by the COVID-19 crisis across the EU, the President of the CPVO has taken the decision to extend deadlines that fall in the period 17 March – 3 May included, until 4 May 2020 for parties to proceedings before the CPVO and the Board of Appeal.
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Communication
Internal reorganisation at the CPVO

As much of the work of the CPVO is related to technical matters, it has been considered opportune to enhance the CPVO Presidency with technical expertise. Dirk Theobald, the present Head of the Technical Unit, will therefore take on a portfolio with technical matters to support the Presidency as Senior Adviser. Some of his new tasks will also be linked to promoting the EU PVP system.

In order to replace Dirk Theobald as Head of the Technical Unit, a selection procedure was launched, to which Gerhard Schuon was the successful candidate. Gerhard...
08 December 2017
Technical Announcement
Revised wording of question 04.01 in all CPVO vegetable technical questionnaires

The CPVO would like to announce that at the last annual CPVO Vegetable Expert Meeting (VEM), the representatives of the CPVO, the vegetable entrusted examination offices and the European Seed Association (ESA) agreed to revise the wording of question 04.01 regarding the breeding scheme, for all CPVO vegetable technical questionnaires.

As from 5th December 2017, the wording of question 04.01 in all of the on-line and paper CPVO vegetable questionnaires will be the following:

04.01 Type of materia l (this question could be confidential...
06 December 2017
Technical Announcement
Modifications in the “Notes for applicants”

The CPVO has updated the “Notes for applicants” in the chapter 7 regarding the fees to be paid. The modified text underlines the provisions of article 8.3 of the fees regulation in respect of the due date for payment of the examination fees. ( Link )

Once the file is open, please press F5 if the updated version does not appear on your screen.
05 December 2017
Press Release
Supporting innovation in the plant sector with IP rights: EPO-CPVO conference in Brussels

On 29 November the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) held a joint conference in Brussels to illustrate the way in which the two offices co-operate to support innovation in the plant sector. The conference attracted some 200 participants from industry and academia, the European Commission, European Parliament, legal practice, national patent offices, NGOs and the general public.

In their opening statements, high-level representatives of the EPO and the CPVO took stock of the first two years of co-operation. According to Margot Fröhlinger, EPO...
29 November 2017
Press Release
Administrative Arrangement on technical cooperation signed with SFA PVPO, China

Administrative Arrangement on technical cooperation

SFA PVPO, CHINA – CPVO

The PVP Office, State Forestry Administration (SFA), and the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) have decided on 15 November 2017 to initiate technical cooperation in the area of plant variety rights. The SFA is the Agency responsible for registering plant variety rights for forest trees, bamboo, woody vines, fruit trees (nut fruit trees) and woody plants for oil, juice, medicinal and ornamental use in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The CPVO is the European Union Agency responsible for...
15 November 2017
Press Release
Administrative Arrangement on technical cooperation signed with DCST (MOA), China

Administrative Arrangement on technical cooperation DCST MOA, CHINA – CPVO

The Development Centre of Science and Technology (DCST), Ministry of Agriculture, People’s Republic of China, and the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) have decided on 15 November 2017 to initiate technical cooperation in the area of plant variety rights. The DCST is the Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture responsible for registering plant variety rights for agricultural and vegetable crops and for a range of fruit and ornamental species in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The CPVO is the...
15 November 2017
Communication
Decisions of the CPVO Administrative Council at its October meeting

At the meeting on 4 October 2017, the members of the Administrative Council elected the new Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the AC, the new Chairman of the Audit Advisory Board, and adopted several important documents for the upcoming years:
New Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Administrative Council
The members of the Administrative Council elected for the next 3 years Ms Bistra Pavlovska from Bulgaria as Chairperson of the AC and Mr Marien Valstar from the Netherlands as Vice-Chairperson. Both mandates run from 4 October 2017 until...
27 October 2017
Brexit
Notice to breeders subject to the Union legislation on Plant Variety Rights (Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94) - update of the situation

Brussels, Angers, October 2017

Following the notice of 7 July 2017, an update is hereby presented about the "New Species Procedure" organised by CPVO. The purpose of that procedure was to ensure that, as from 30 March 2019 at the latest, an entrustment of Examination Offices in the Union takes place for 324 botanical taxa for which an actual application for a Community Plant Variety Right has been received by the CPVO and which currently can only be tested in Examination Offices in the United Kingdom.

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26 October 2017
Official Announcement
Official Publications 5.2017

The Official Publication of the CPVO 5.2017 and the S2 Publication have been published and are available for free in electronic format only (PDF).

You may download both publications from the Official publications .

A search tool is available to identify these modifications on the web site of the Office: S2 Publication
16 October 2017
Technical Announcement
Announcement n◦ 4/2017 of the Community Plant Variety Office. Decision of the Administrative Council of the Community Plant Variety Office on test guidelines 04/10/2017

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 October 2017
Technical examination of plant varieties in the EU plant variety protection system - Webinars on 14 & 15 November

In cooperation with the EU IP Helpdesk , the CPVO will organise two webinars on 14 & 15 November 2019 focussing on the technical examination (DUS tests) of varieties applying for Community Plant Variety Right s .

The webinars will show in detail how the CPVO carries out technical examination in general, and with a particular focus on specificities applied for seed propagated species (webinar n°1) and for vegetatively propagated plant species (webinar n°2).

If you wish to attend these webinars, you can register as of now by clicking on the relevant sessions:
Webinar...
04 October 2017
Communication
Avoid fraudulent payment requests

Many clients reported they receive an increasing amount of unsolicited mail from a “so called” staff member of CPVO usurping her/his identity, requesting payment for invoices.

If you receive suspicious or unsolicited e-mail messages, never follow links or open attachments, and never transfer funds until you have checked that the source is official.

The CPVO never sends that kind of emails.

If you receive such an email please check that the email comes from this type of email : name [at] cpvo [dot] europa [dot] eu

If you have any doubts or if you identify any...
26 September 2017