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The Community Plant Variety Office

Em síntese 27-11-2015

The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), located in Angers (France), is a decentralised agency of the EU. Operational since 1995, it is responsible for the management of a specific intellectual property rights protection system covering the entire EU. It grants Community plant variety rights and maintains databases on plant varieties. Unlike most other EU agencies, it is fully self-financed and therefore not subject to budgetary discharge by the European Parliament.

This study analyses the determination of fees, the treatment of budgetary surpluses and the discharge procedure of the two fully self-financed EU agencies, namely the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). In this regard, it describes the current legal situation and discusses issues such as governance structures and rules on fee determination and the treatment of surpluses. The study presents and examines current ...