Prolongation of registration for an actual Variety Register 2025

Publicationdate: 27 augustus 2025

This year prolongation of registration can be applied for varieties of vegetable and agricultural species which have been registered in 2017. This also applies to all vegetable varieties which have been registered in 2004 and 2005.

The maintainer of a variety is responsible for prolongation

In September, the Board for Plant Varieties notifies the maintainers of varieties eligible for prolongation. If a variety is not applied for prolongation, the variety will be deleted from the national variety register and the EU Common Catalogue. The marketing of the material is then no longer possible.

A maintainer can have prolongation applied for by an authorised person

If you receive the invitation for prolongation as breeder/maintainer and you have authorised someone else, or an organisation, please contact the authorised representative. They can then apply for prolongation on your behalf.

Are you or your organisation authorised representative of varieties eligible for prolongation?

Then contact the breeder/maintainer of the variety so that you can apply for prolongation as authorised representative.

More information?

For more information about the prolongation visit the website of the Board of Plant Varieties.

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