62024TJ0074_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 July 2025 –Seedless Gold International v CPVO – Ángel Teresa Hermanos (Queen)
(Case T‑74/24)
(Plant varieties – Application for the entry in the Register of the transfer of the community plant variety right for the variety Queen – Duty of care)
1.
Action for annulment – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Claim for a declaratory judgment – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paragraph 19)
2.
Agriculture – Uniform legislation – Protection of plant varieties – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Procedural role of the Community Plant Variety Office – Right of the Office, although designated as the defendant, to support the applicant’s claims
(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 172)
(see paragraph 21)
3.
Agriculture – Uniform legislation – Protection of plant varieties – Transfer – Entry of the transfer in the register – Power of the Community Plant Variety Office – Limits
(Council Regulation No 2100/94, Art. 23(1) and (2); Commission Regulation No 874/2009, Arts 79(1) and 80)
(see paragraphs 30-32)
4.
Agriculture – Uniform legislation – Protection of plant varieties – Application to register a transfer of protection – Examination by the Community Plant Variety Office – Probative value of the evidence – Criteria for assessment
(Council Regulation No 2100/94, Art. 23(2); Commission Regulation No 874/2009, Art. 79)
(see paragraphs 33-36, 58, 59)
5.
Action for annulment – Contested act – Assessment of legality in the light of the information available at the time of adoption of the measure
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paragraph 80)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Seedless Gold International, SL, the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and Ángel Teresa Hermanos, SA, each to bear their own costs.