Community Plant Variety Office

Community Plant Variety Office
Formation1994 (established)
Location
  • Angers, France
President
Francesco Mattina[1]
Staff
circa 50
Websitecpvo.europa.eu

The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) is an agency of the European Union, located in Angers, France. It was established in 1994. Its task is to administer a system of plant variety rights, also known as plant breeders' rights, a form of intellectual property right relating to plants.[2]

The CPVO manages the largest system of plant variety rights in the world. Since the creation of the CPVO in 1995, the office has received about 78,000 applications, of which over 62,000 were granted, with over 30,000 rights currently in force.[3]

  1. ^ "New President of the Community Plant Variety Office takes up office". Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO). 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  2. ^ "Our Mission". CPVO.
  3. ^ "Statistics". CPVO. November 3, 2022.