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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

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

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

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

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

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: •