The "Notes for Applicants" help notice has been updated in the following languages: DE - EN - FR

Dutch version (NL) will be updated in the coming days.

The official Gazette of the CPVO 4.2010 has been published and is available for free in electronic format only (PDF).

You may download it from the Gazette page.

Official Journal of the European Union

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

(2010/C190A/01)

Vacancy for a President of the Community Plant Variety Office

The Administrative Council of the CPVO has adopted rules of procedures to allow non-governmental organisations 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.

GEVES and CPVO are jointly organising a Vegetable Open Day in the GEVES experimental unit at Brion (Maine et Loire,France) on Wednesday 6 october 2010.

This open day is aimed at breeders, seed companies and representatives of the examination offices and registration authorities in the European Union, and will provide the occasion to present ongoing DUS trials of vegetable species.

This forum will also allow an exchange of views on essential aspects in relation to the harmonization of technical examinations, and in particular on two important issues:

• Variety reference collection: scope, management, use, maintenance....
• The consideration of disease resistance characteristics for DUS technical examinations: MATREF network, the undertaking of the disease resistance tests, choice of pathogens...

The official Gazette of the CPVO 3.2010 has been published and is available for free in electronic format only (PDF).

You may download it from the Gazette page.