The Administrative Council

The Administrative Council is the budgetary authority of the CPVO, it monitors the CPVO activities and the management of its President, adopts general guidelines on matters for which the Office is responsible, advises the CPVO management, submits to the European Commission proposals for amendment of Community legislation on Plant Variety Rights and may issue rules on working methods of the Office.

The CPVO Administrative Council was established by the Council Regulation (EC 2100/94) and normally meets two times a year.

The tasks of the Administrative Council

The Administrative Council is in particular responsible for:

• Adopting the Budget
• Examining the management report of the President
• Entrustment of Examination Offices
• Discharging the President on the implementation of the budget
• Validating the Technical Protocols
• Granting of compulsory licenses

The composition of the Administrative Council:

The Administrative Council consists of a representative of each EU Member State and a representative from the European Commission, and their alternates. The representatives from the Member States have voting rights. Member States appoint the members and their alternates.

The Chairman and his deputy are selected among its members; the duration of their terms of office is three years and their mandate is renewable.

 

The Administrative Council of the CPVO has adopted rules of procedures to allow non-governmental organizations operating in the sphere of plant variety protection under the Community plant variety protection system to send observers to its meetings. Find out more by downloading the detailed decision text

 

Members:

Country	Member	Alternate Member
AT	Mr. Peter ZACH Referatsleiter Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirstschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft	Mr. Leopold GIRSCH Director Bundesamt für Ernährungssicherheit, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft
BE	Mrs Camille VANSLEMBROUCK Chef de l'unité PBR Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle	Mrs Monique PETIT Conseillère adjointe Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle
BG	Mrs Bistra PAVLOVSKA Executive Director Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Vacant
CY	Mrs Stella LOUKA   Ministry of Agriculture	Vacant
CZ	Mr Jaroslav STANA General Director Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture	Mr Daniel JURECKA Director Division Plant Variety Testing Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture
DE	Mr Udo VON KROECHER Chairman of the Administrative Council ) President Bundessortenamt	Mrs Beate RUECKER Referatsleiterin Bundessortenamt
DK	Mr Gerhard DENEKEN Afdeling For Sortsafprøvning Danish Plant Directorate	Mr Erik LAWAETZ Scientific Adviser Danish Plant Directorate
EC	Mrs Paola TESTORI COGGI Director General - DG Health and Consumer Protection European Commission	Mr Jacques GENNATAS Adviser on Plant Health - DG Health and Consumer Protection European Commission
EE	Ms Pille ARDEL Head of Variety Department Estonian Agricultural Board	vacant
ES	Mrs Alicia CRESPO PAZOS Director Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino	Mr Luis SALAICES SANCHEZ Head of Variety Register Unit Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino
FI	Mr Matti PUOLIMATKA Director, Plant Production and Health Finnish Food Safety Authority	Mr Tapio LAHTI Expert in PVP matters Finnish Food Safety Authority
FR	Mr Robert TESSIER Chef de bureau Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche	Melle Nicole BUSTIN Secrétaire générale Comité de la Protection des Obtentions Végétales
GB	Mr Andy MITCHELL   Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Mr Richard HARRIS   -
GR	Mr Evangelos ZANGILIS Head of Section Ministry of Agriculture	Mr Konstantinos MICHOS Expert Ministry of Rural Development and Food
HU	Mrs Gyozone SZENCI Counsellor Hungarian Patent Office	Mrs Marta POSTEINERNE TOLDI Vice-President Hungarian Patent Office
IE	Mr Donal COLEMAN Controller of Plant Breeder's rights Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Mr John CLAFFEY Technical officer with respect to PVRs Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
IT	Mrs Ivana PUGLIESE Expert Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi	Vacant
LT	Ms Sigita JUCIUVIENE Deputy Director Lithuanian State Plant Varieties Testing Center	Mrs Danguole KIRVAITIENE Head of Plant Varieties Testing and Protection Division Lithuanian State Plant Varieties Testing Center
LU	Mr Marc WEYLAND Head of Plant Production Department Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture	Mr François KRAUS Ingénieur-chef service de l'horticulture Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture
LV	Mrs Sofija KALININA Deputy Director Ministry of Agriculture	vacant
MT	Ms Maureen DELIA Head Seeds & other Propagation Material Unit Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment	Mr Michael SCIBERRAS Agricultural Officer Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment
NL	Mr Marien VALSTAR Sectormanager uitgangsmateriaal Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management & Fisheries	Mr Krieno FIKKERT Secretary General Raad voor Plantenrassen
PL	Mr Edward GACEK Director General Research Centre for Cultivar Testing	Ms Julia BORYS Head DUS Department Research Centre for Cultivar Testing
PT	Mrs Flavia ALFARROBA Subdirectora geral Ministerio da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas	Mrs Paula CRUZ DE CARVALHO Chefe de Divisão de Sementes, Variedades e Recursos Genéticos Ministerio da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas
RO	Mr Alexandru Cristian STRENC Deputy Director General Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trade Marks	Mrs Antonia IVASCU Executive Director State Institute for Varieties Testing and Registration
SE	Mr Tobias OLSSON Head of Unit Swedish Board of Agriculture	Mrs Carina KNORPP - Swedish Board of Agriculture
SI	Mr Joze ILERŠIČ Head of Plant Varieties and Seed Division Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry & Food	Mr Primož GRIŽON Technical Liaison Officer Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry & Food
SK	Mrs Bronislava BÁTOROVÁ (Vice-Chairman of the Administrative Council) Senior Officer responsible for national and int'l coordination Central Controlling and Testing Institute in Agriculture	Mrs ANDRASKOVA Responsible officer for EU matters Central Controlling and Testing Institute in Agriculture

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