Community Plant Variety Office
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- Council of the European Union. Community Plant Variety Office. Annual report, 1999:t.p. (Community Plant Variety Office) verso t.p. (European Union) p. 3 (CPVO) p. 27 (The basic regulation is a Council instrument... Council is responsible for the appointment (and dismissal) of the President and Vice-President of the Office)
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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. 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.
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