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. It is composed of a representative of each Member State and a representative of the European Commission, and their alternates.

Administrative Council Members

Member title	First Name	Last Name	Sector/Department	Position	Alternate Member	C.O.I.
Mr	Klemens	MECHTLER	Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)	Head of Dept. for Plant Varieties	Vacant	EN(355.33 KB)
Ms	Shannah	BOENS	Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle	Attachée	Mr Geoffrey BAILLEUX Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle Advisor	EN(361.99 KB) EN(357.19 KB)
Ms	Bistra	PAVLOVSKA	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	(Chair Administrative Council) / Executive Director	Mr Todor GADEV Ministry of Agriculture and Food Secretary General	EN(351.88 KB)
Mr	Christos	CHRISTOU	Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environment	Agricultural Officer	Ms Anna GEORGIADOU Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Officer of Registrar	EN(352.12 KB) EN(2.23 MB)
Mr	Daniel	JUREČKA	Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture	Director of Plant Production Section	Ms Radmila ŠAFAŘÍKOVÁ Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture Director of National Plant Variety Office	EN(351.63 KB) EN(363.9 KB)
Mr	Elmar	PFUELB	Bundessortenamt	President	Mr Frederic SIELING Bundessortenamt Legal Advisor	EN(355.31 KB) EN(363.38 KB)
Ms	Kristine	RISKÆR	The Danish Agrifish Agency	Director of Centre for Plants & Agricultural Holdings Act	Ms Kristine BECH KLINDT The Danish Agrifish Agency Special consultant	EN(356.02 KB) EN(355.6 KB)
Ms	Anu	NEMVALTS	Agricultural Board	Head of Organic Farming and Seed Department	Vacant	EN(358.69 KB)
Mr	José Antonio	SOBRINO MATE	Oficina Española de Variedades Vegetales (OEVV)	Jefe de Area del Registro de Variedades	Ms Bibiana María RODRÍGUEZ SENDÓN Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente Subdirectora General Adjunta de Medios de Produccion Agricolas y OEVV	EN(355.15 KB) EN(359.46 KB)
Mr	Bernard	VAN GOETHEM	European Commission	Director Crisis management in food, animals and plants	Mrs Dorothée ANDRÉ European Commission Head of Unit - DG Santé	EN(361.51 KB) EN(354.17 KB)
Ms	Tarja	HIETARANTA	Finnish Food Safety Authority	Plant Breeders Right matters	Ms Hanna KORTEMAA Finnish Food Authority Director of Plant Production Department	EN(352.75 KB) EN(356.48 KB)
Ms	Anne-Cécile	COTILLON	Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry	Assistant Director of Quality and Plant Protection	Ms Mariem OMRANI Ministry of Agriculture and Food In charge of the seed sector, plant selection	EN(353.57 KB) EN(352.26 KB)
Mr	Elias	PILATOS	Ministry of Rural Development and Food	Agricultural scientist	Ms Anna GEORGOULA Ministry of Rural Development and Food Agricultural scientist	EN(359.6 KB) EN(352.1 KB)
Mr	Ivica	DELIC	Ministry of Agriculture	Head of the Department of Plant Varieties and Propagating Material	Ms Željka CEGUR Ministry of Agriculture Head of Department for Plant Reproductive Material	EN(352.56 KB) EN(352.85 KB)
Mr	Zoltán	CSUROS	National Food Chain Safety Office	Coordinator DUS Expert	Ms Katalin MIKLO Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Deputy Head of Patent Department	EN(359.22 KB) EN(362.82 KB)
Mr	Donal	COLEMAN	Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine	Controller of Plant Breeder's rights	Mr Niall RYAN Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine Agricultural Inspector	EN(352.12 KB) EN(353.92 KB)
Ms	Ivana	PUGLIESE	Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi	Expert	Vacant	EN(352.61 KB)
Ms	Sigita	JUCIUVIENE	State Plant Office under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania	Head of Plant Variety Division	Vacant	EN(353.78 KB)
Mr	Marc	WEYLAND	Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture	Director	Mr François KRAUS Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture Ingénieur-chef service de l'horticulture	EN(353.63 KB) EN(353.67 KB)
Ms	Inga	OVSJANNIKA	State Plant Protection Service	Senior Officer of Division of Seed Certification and Plant Variety Protection	Vacant	EN(353.86 KB)
Ms	Maureen	DELIA	Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Climate Change	Head - Research & Policy Unit	Mr Mario CARDONA Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Climate Change	EN(350.36 KB) EN(352.83 KB)
Mr	Marien	VALSTAR	Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie Directoraat-Generaal Agro - Directie Plantaardige Ketens en Voedselkwaliteit	(Vice-Chair Administrative Council) Sectormanager	Mr Bert SCHOLTE Head of Variety Testing Department	EN(354.38 KB) EN(353.31 KB)
Mr	Edward	GACEK	Research Centre for Cultivar Testing	Director General	Mr Marcin BEHNKE Research Centre for Cultivar Testing Deputy Director General	EN(358.12 KB) EN(357.47 KB)
Ms	Paula	CRUZ DE CARVALHO	Ministerio da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas	Head of Plant Health Directorate	Ms Teresa AFONSO Direção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária Head of Plant Health Department	EN(357.94 KB) EN(350.11 KB)
Mr	Mihai	POPESCU	State Institute for Variety Testing and Registration	Director	Ms Mihaela Rodica CIORA State Institute for Variety Testing and Registration ISTIS	EN(354.99 KB) EN(356.67 KB)
Mr	Jens	WEIBULL	Swedish Board of Agriculture - Plant and Environment department	Officer	Ms Carina KNORPP Ministry for Rural Affairs - Animal and Food Division Senior Adviser	EN(356.69 KB) EN(353.32 KB)
Mr	Joze	ILERSIC	Ministry of Agriculture, Foresty and Food, Agriculture Directorate	Responsible for the protection of new varieties of plants	Ms Joži Jerman CVELBAR Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, Directorate for Agriculture Agriculture Directorate	EN(359.67 KB) EN(355.39 KB)
Ms	Katarína	HANZELYOVA	Central Control and Testing Institute in Agriculture (UKSUP)	Senior Officer responsible for national and int'l coordination	Ms Ĺuba GAŠPAROVÁ Central Controlling and Testing Institure in Agriculture (UKSUP)	EN(351.59 KB) EN(357.64 KB)

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