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CPVO internal decision on End of Crisis as regards the management of the COVID-19 pandemic

Given the relaxing of confinement measures and improvement of the sanitary situation in France, Mr Martin Ekvad, President of the CPVO, has decided to dissolve the internal crisis team set up to manage the pandemic and its consequences.

Pursuant to the CPVO Business Continuity Plan, the end of crisis shall be declared once the event has been efficiently managed by the crisis management team or the incident is over.

This decision refers to the way the CPVO deals internally with COVID-19 related matters, after the CPVO switched to a crisis management mode and set up a crisis...
11 June 2021
COVID-19
Change in invoicing take-over fees as of 1 March 2021

Presently the take-over fees must be paid by applicants up-front when requesting the CPVO to take over a report from an entrusted examination office. This will now change and payment for the take-over fees should be made when the CPVO receives the final report from the examination office concerned, be it positive or negative.

By decision of the President of the CPVO from 8 February 2021, where the CPVO makes use of a report on the result of a technical examination of a variety carried out previously for official purposes in a EU Member State by an entrusted examination office, the...
11 February 2021
COVID-19
CPVO’s exceptional measures to extend time limits for payments come to an end

On 27 April 2020, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and with the aim to support plant breeders facing unforeseen financial difficulties, the President of the CPVO took the exceptional decision to extend deadlines for payment of the annual fee (Article 9 fees regulation) and the payment of examinations fees (Article 8 fees regulation).

We would like to kindly remind all concerned stakeholders and plant breeders that the measures laid out in the decision of 27 April have come to an end on Monday 21 September 2020 . As a result, we would like to confirm to all applicants and...
21 September 2020
COVID-19
CPVO decision of 27 April 2020 concerning the extension of time limits

On 27 April 2020 the President of the Community Plant Variety Office took a Decision concerning the extension of time limits for proceedings before the CPVO.

The Decision is applicable as of 4 May 2020 and concerns the deadlines for the payment of the annual fee (Article 9 fees regulation) and the payment of examinations fees (Article 8 fees regulation) . Any other time limits regarding proceedings with the CPVO are not affected by this decision.

In practice users are encouraged to pay all invoices for annual fees and fees for technical examinations within the normal...
27 April 2020
COVID-19
Extension of time limits in proceedings before the CPVO because of COVID-19

*** IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please be informed that, on 27 April 2020, the President ot the CPVO took a new Decision (the Decision) on the extension of time limits in proceedings before the CPVO which enters into force on 4 May 2020 regarding the payment of fees for technical examinations and of annual fees, pursuant to Article 8 and 9 of Commission Regulation (EC) 1238/95 (the Fees Regulation). As from the date of entry into force, this Decision repeals and replaces completely the decision of 6 April outlined below. For more info, click here .

On 6 April 2020 the President of the...
07 April 2020
COVID-19
CPVO adjusts working processes in reaction to COVID-19

Given the exceptional circumstances and the heavy disruption caused by the COVID-19 crisis across the European Union, the President of the CPVO took 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. The extension applies to all deadlines except for the submission of material for technical examinations and the payment of examination fees. Details of this decision are available on a dedicated webpage .

The CPVO has set up a COVID-19 Business Continuity Team (BCT),...
24 March 2020