The Administrative Council

The Administrative Council is the budgetary authority of the CPVO, it monitors the CPVO activities and the management of its President, adopts general guidelines on matters for which the Office is responsible, advises the CPVO management, submits to the European Commission proposals for amendment of Community legislation on Plant Variety Rights and may issue rules on working methods of the Office.

The CPVO Administrative Council was established by the Council Regulation (EC 2100/94) and normally meets two times a year.

The tasks of the Administrative Council

The Administrative Council is in particular responsible for:

• Adopting the Budget
• Examining the management report of the President
• Entrustment of Examination Offices
• Discharging the President on the implementation of the budget
• Validating the Technical Protocols
• Granting of compulsory licenses

The composition of the Administrative Council:

The Administrative Council consists of a representative of each EU Member State and a representative from the European Commission, and their alternates. The representatives from the Member States have voting rights. Member States appoint the members and their alternates.

The Chairman and his deputy are selected among its members; the duration of their terms of office is three years and their mandate is renewable.

 

Members:

Country	Member	Alternate Member
AT	Mr. Peter ZACH Referatsleiter Bundesminesterium für Land und Forstwirstschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirschaft	Mr. Leopold GIRSCH Director Bundesamt für Ernährungssicherheit
BE	Mrs Camille VANSLEMBROUCK Chef de l'unité PBR Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle	Mrs Monique PETIT Conseillère adjointe Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle
BG	Mrs Nevena IVANOVA Executive Director Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Vacant
CY	Mr Angelos KYRATZIS Agricultural officer Ministry of Agriculture	Mr Christos NICOLAU Head Registrar The Registrar of Companies and Official Receivers' Office
CZ	Mr Jaroslav STANA General Director Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture	Mr Daniel JURECKA Director Division Plant Variety Testing Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture
DE	Mr Udo VON KROECHER (Chairman of the Administrative Council ) President Bundessortenamt	Mrs Beate RUECKER Referatsleiterin Bundessortenamt
DK	Mrs Heidi ELBERLING Expert Danish Plant Directorate	Mrs Birgitte LUND Scientific Adviser Danish Plant Directorate
EC	Mrs Paola TESTORI COGGI Deputy Director General - DG Health and Consumer Protection European Commission	Mr Jacques GENNATAS Adviser on Plant Health - DG Health and Consumer Protection European Commission
EE	Ms Pille ARDEL Head of Variety Control Dept. Estonian Plant Production Inspectorate	vacant
ES	Mr Ernesto RIOS LOPEZ Director OEVV Ministerion de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion	Mr Luis SALAICES SANCHEZ Head of Variety Register Unit Ministerion de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion
FI	Mr Tapio LAHTI Expert in PVP matters Finnish Food Safety Authority	Mr Matti PUOLIMATKA Director, Plant Production and Health Finnish Food Safety Authority
FR	Mr Robert TESSIER Chef de bureau Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche	Melle Nicole BUSTIN Secrétaire générale Comité de la Protection des Obtentions Végétales
GB	Mr Mike WRAY Deputy Director Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Mrs Elspeth NICOL Policy Team Member Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
GR	Mr Evangelos ZANGILIS Head Crop Production Inputs Directorate Ministry of Agriculture	Mr Konstantinos MICHOS Expert Ministry of Rural Development and Food
HU	Mrs Gyozone SZENCI Counsellor Hungarian Patent Office	Mrs Marta POSTEINERNE TOLDI Vice-President Hungarian Patent Office
IE	Mr Ignatius BYRNE Controller of Plant Breeders' Rights Department of Agriculture & Food	Mr David Mc GILLOWAY Technical Director with respect to PVRs Department of Agriculture & Food
IT	Mrs Ivana PUGLIESE Senior Patent Examiner Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi	vacant
LT	Ms Sigita JUCIUVIENE Deputy Director Lithuanian State Plant Varieties Testing Center	Mrs Danguole KIRVAITIENE Head of Plant Varieties Testing and Protection Division Lithuanian State Plant Varieties Testing Center
LU	Mr Marc WEYLAND Head of Plant Production Department Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture	Mr François KRAUS Ingénieur-chef service de l'horticulture Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture
LV	Mrs Sofija KALININA Deputy Director Ministry of Agriculture	vacant
MT	Ms Maureen DELIA Head Seeds & other Propagation Material Unit Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment	vacant
NL	Mr Chris VAN WINDEN Account manager Propagating Material Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management & Fisheries	Mr Krieno FIKKERT Secretary General Raad voor Plantenrassen
PL	Mr Edward GACEK Director General Research Centre for Cultivar Testing	Ms Julia BORYS Head DUS Department Research Centre for Cultivar Testing
PT	Mr Joaquim CARVALHO Deputy Director General DGADR Ministerio da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas	Mrs Anabela ROCHA Expert PVR - National listing Ministerio da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas
RO	Mr Alexandru Cristian STRENC Deputy Director General Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trade Marks	Mrs Antonia IVASCU Executive Director State Institute for Varieties Testing and Registration
SE	Mrs Marianne SJÖBLOM Expert Swedish Board of Agriculture (Jordbruksverket)	vacant
SI	Mr Joze ILERSIC Head of Plant Varieties and Seed Division Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry & Food	Mr Primož GRIŽON Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry & Food
SK	Mrs Bronislava BATOROVA (Chairman of the Administrative Council) Senior Officer Central Controlling and Testing Institute in Agriculture	Mrs ANDRASKOVA Responsible officer for EU matters Central Controlling and Testing Institute in Agriculture

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