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

CPVO Administrative Council Members
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

Main Conclusions of the Administrative Council from 2011 onwards:

The composition of the Administrative Council:

CPVO Administrative Council Members 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.

The Administrative Council of the CPVO has adopted rules of procedures to allow non-governmental organizations operating in the sphere of plant variety protection under the Community plant variety protection system to send observers to its meetings. Find out more by downloading the detailed decision text

Members:

Country	Member	Alternate Member
AT	Mr. Peter ZACH Referatsleiter Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirstschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft	Mr. Leopold GIRSCH Director Bundesamt für Ernährungssicherheit, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft
BE	Mrs Françoise DE SCHUTTER Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle	Mrs Monique PETIT Conseillère adjointe Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle
BG	Mrs Bistra PAVLOVSKA Executive Director Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Mr Todor GADEV Secretary General Ministry of Agriculture and Food
CY	Mr Christos CHRISTOU Agricultural Officer Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environment	Mr Christos NICOLAOU Officer Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environment
CZ	Vacant	Mr Daniel JURECKA Director Division Plant Variety Testing Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture
DE	Mr Udo VON KROECHER President Bundessortenamt	Mr Hermann FREUDENSTEIN Head of Section DUS Testing Grasses and Clovers Bundessortenamt
DK	Mr Gerhard DENEKEN Afdeling For Sortsafprøvning Danish Plant Directorate	Mr Erik LAWAETZ Scientific Adviser Danish Plant Directorate
EC	Mr Ladislav MIKO Deputy Director General - DG Health and Consumers European Commission	Ms Dana Irina SIMION Head of Unit - DG Health and Consumers European Commission
EE	Ms Laima PUUR Head Variety Department Agricultural Board	vacant
ES	Mr Andrès DE LEÓN LLAMAZARES Subdirector General de Medios de Producción Agrícolas (MPA) y Oficina Española de Variedades Vegetal	Mr Luis SALAICES SANCHEZ Head of Variety Register Unit Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino
FI	Mr Matti PUOLIMATKA Director, Plant Production and Health Finnish Food Safety Authority	Vacant
FR	Mr Robert TESSIER Chef de bureau Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche	Mrs Virginie BERTOUX Manager Instance nationale des obtentions végétales (INOV)
GB	Mr Andy MITCHELL (Vice-Chair Administrative Council) Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA)	Mrs Elspeth NICOL Policy Team Member Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA)
GR	vacant	Mr Konstantinos MICHOS Expert Ministry of Rural Development and Food
HU	Mrs Gyozone SZENCI Counsellor Hungarian Patent Office	vacant
IE	Mr Donal COLEMAN Controller of Plant Breeder's rights Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Mr John CLAFFEY Technical officer with respect to PVRs Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
IT	Mrs Ivana PUGLIESE Expert Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi	Vacant
LT	Ms Sigita JUCIUVIENE Head of Plant Variety Division State Plant Office under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania	Mrs Irena KEMEZIENE Deputy Head of Plant Variety Division State Plant Office under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania
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 State Plant Protection Service	vacant
MT	Ms Maureen DELIA Head Seeds & other Propagation Material Unit Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment	Mr Christopher LEONE GANADO Agricultural Officer Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs
NL	Mr Marien VALSTAR Sectormanager Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie Directoraat-Generaal Agro Directie Plantaardige Ketens en Voedselkwaliteit	Mr Kees VAN ETTEKOVEN Head of Variety Testing Department Naktuinbouw
PL	Mr Edward GACEK Director General Research Centre for Cultivar Testing	Mr Marcin BEHNKE Deputy Director General Research Centre for Cultivar Testing
PT	Mrs Flavia ALFARROBA Subdirectora geral Ministerio da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas	Mr Paula CRUZ DE CARVALHO Head of Division Ministerio da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas
RO	Mrs Mirela CINDEA Head of Biochemistry Department, Responsible for EU matters and Quality Manager (QAS) State Institute for Varieties Testing and Registration	Mrs Mihaela CIORA ISTIS State Institute for Varieties Testing and Registration
SE	Mr Jens WEIBULL Officer Swedish Board of Agriculture Plant and Environment department	Vacant
SI	Mr Joze ILERŠIČ Head of Plant Varieties and Seed Division Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry & Food	Mr Primož GRIŽON Technical Liaison Officer Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry & Food
SK	Mrs Bronislava BÁTOROVÁ (Chairman of the Administrative Council) Senior Officer responsible for national and int'l coordination Central Controlling and Testing Institute in Agriculture (UKSUP)	Mrs Dana VONGREJOVA Quality Manager Central Controlling and Testing Institute in Agriculture (UKSUP)