Post on 26-Dec-2015
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Developments concerning the Community Plant Variety Office of the European Union
(CPVO) online application system
Meeting on the development of a prototype electronic form
Second MeetingGeneva, October 24, 2013Jean Maison, Marc Rouillard
Current status
• system running since March 2010
• 98% of existing paper TQs are covered (193 as of today)
• System available in English, French, Dutch and German
CPVO online application system
Some statistics
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Evolution of the number of on-line applications
Proportion of on line applications per crop sector
in 2013
Proportion of on line applications per country in 2013
Future developments:
• Promotion of the system:
Targeted to clients not using the system Some clients do not want to use the system:
Signature issue Link to the internal system
• Investigations on integrating online payments
• Plans to generate paper TQs forms from e-TQs
The application form and the technical questionnaire
Sharing the system with National authorities
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• Pilot project defining the various issues to be considered
• Two participating National Offices: GEVES (France) and Naktuinbouw (Netherlands)
• Applications for PVR or NLI made via a centralised web site
www.plantvarieties.eu
Sharing the system with National authorities
Sharing the system with National authorities
Sharing the system with National authorities
12Structured exchange of Data
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• Select an existing application in a procedure and transfer it to another procedure
National set of questions
CPVO set of questions
Authorities
National set of questions
www.plantvarieties.eu
Form
1• Country
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•Procedure•PBR•National listing
CPVO set of questions
Core set of
questions
• Current status of the pilot project
testing with a panel of clients (until December 15, 2013)
Three species (Lettuce, Tomato and Maize)
National Offices receive flat files, and ad hoc database exports
Sharing the system with National authorities
• Current status of the pilot project:
On a IT point of view
Back-Office program ported to web to ease access (internal test phase)
Procedures created to export database and files
Request received from Naktuinbouw to use CPVO exchange platform for file transfers
Sharing the system with National authorities
• Positive points:
Most clients of National Offices also clients to CPVO
are already used to the system
are willing to build on their knowledge of the system
Already some feedback from National Offices and Clients
Sharing the system with National authorities
• Points to be addressed:
VCU specificities from paper forms difficult to convert to e-forms (e.g. electrophoresis for Maize, technological characteristics for Wheat)
Current derivation of National forms from “Core” forms not optimal
Logical behaviours not transferred National specific questions not taken over automatically
Sharing the system with National authorities
• After the testing phase
The objective of the project was to assess the conditions (technical, IT involvement, financial) under which the project could be enlarged
to other species
to other countries
Conclusion in the beginning of 2014
Sharing the system with National authorities
• In the medium term, it is the objective of the Office to set up an
electronic exchange of data that would allow examination offices to
process information automatically in future.
The XML project
Sharing the system with National authorities
Thank you for your attention
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