A system for the protection of plant
variety rights has been established by Community legislation. The
system allows intellectual property rights, valid throughout the
Community, to be granted for plant.
THE CPVO
The Community Plant Variety Office
(CPVO) implements and applies this scheme. The CPVO has been
operating since 27 April 1995.
On 6 December 1996,
the Intergovernmental Conference of representatives of the Member
States (IGC) decided that the seat of the CPVO would be in
Angers
(France).
The CPVO, which is a decentralised Community agency, has its own
legal status. It is self-financing, mainly on the basis of the
various fees paid.
