Angers, France
December 2012

Source: CPVO newsletter issue 4, Autumn 2012

Between 1 June 2012 and 30 November 2012, the Office received 1 577 applications for Community plant variety rights. This is only slightly more than in the same period of 2011 (+ 43 applications).

While application numbers for ornamentals and vegetables dropped by 3 and 17, respectively, applications rose for agricultural (+5) and fruit (+ 58) varieties. The slight increase in application numbers cannot compensate for the more significant drop observed in the beginning of the year; the total number of applications received this year is still 7.04 % lower (– 209 applications) as compared to the previous year.

Website: http://www.cpvo.europa.eu

Published: December 27, 2012