Book Description
The European Union (EU) Community Plant Variety Right (CPVR) system, administered by the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), provides for uniform protection of plant variety rights in the EU. This study quantifies the economic contribution in the European Union of the CPVR system. While it is analogous to the EUIPO studies on the economic contribution of the other IP rights , it considers specific aspects of agriculture and horticulture, such as the contribution of the PVR system to the global competitiveness of EU farmers and growers. The study also considers the potential for the CPVR system to help meet the European Commission's Green Deal objectives, in particular: Climate neutral Europe; Ecosystems & biodiversity, to address protection of environment and to contribute to halting loss of biodiversity; Farm to Fork strategy, to ensure the production of sustainable, safe, nutritious and high quality food along the whole value chain while ensuring food security by seed security; R&D and innovation.