page_title: Community Plant Variety Office
section_title: Organisation
hierarchical_section_title: Community Plant Variety Office / Organisation
caption_attribution_description: English: Administration council (2015)
context_page_description: The Community Plant Variety Office 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 over 61,000, of which it granted over 47,000 applications, with over 25,000 titles currently in force.
context_section_description: Based in Angers, France the CPVO was created by the Council Regulation 2100/94 and has been operational since the 27 April 1995.
  The CPVO is entirely self-financed.  It neither takes from nor contributes to the EU budget.  The CPVO's budget is principally derived from PVR application fees paid by breeders who wish to protect their creations.  
  The President of the CPVO is appointed by the Council of the European Union.  The President is responsible for the overall functioning of the CPVO – this includes the implementation of the CPVO's legislative duties and all operational aspects of the CPVO. The current president of the CPVO is Martin Ekvad. Ekvad was appointed to this position in 2011.  Prior to his appointment, Ekvad held the position of Head of the Legal Unit of the CPVO from 2003 to 2011.
  The CPVO is supervised by the Administrative Council (AC) of the CPVO.  The AC is made up of representatives from across the 28 member states, representatives from the European Commission and observer organisations. The AC is also the budgetary authority of the CPVO and adopts the responsibilities annual work programme.
caption: Administration council of CPVO with the European Commissioner, Vytenis Andriukaitis. (2015)
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