Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights
Basic information Dates
Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: - September 1, 1994
- Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 118
- April 27, 1995
- Partial application - See Art 118
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- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2019. Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH v Freistaat Thüringen. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Thüringer Oberlandesgericht. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Derogation provided for in Article 14 — Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 — Article 11(1) and (2) — Requests for information — Information provided by official bodies — Request for information on the actual use of material of specific species or varieties — Content of the request. Case C-239/18.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 25 June 2015. Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH v Gerhard und Jürgen Vogel GbR and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Mannheim. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Community plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Derogation provided for in Article 14 – Use by farmers of the product of the harvest for propagating purposes without the holder’s authorisation — Farmers under an obligation to pay equitable remuneration for such use — Period within which that remuneration must be paid in order to be able to benefit from the derogation — Whether it is possible for the holder to have recourse to Article 94 — Infringement. Case C-242/14.
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 5 July 2012. Josef Geistbeck and Thomas Geistbeck v Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Intellectual and industrial property — Community plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — ‘Farmer’s privilege’ — Concept of ‘reasonable compensation’ — Compensation for damage suffered — Infringement. Case C‑509/10.
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 October 2011. Greenstar-Kanzi Europe NV v Jean Hustin and Jo Goossens. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hof van Cassatie - Belgium. Regulation (EC) No 2100/94, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 873/2004 - Interpretation of Articles 11(1), 13(1) to (3), 16, 27, 94 and 104 - Principle of exhaustion of Community plant variety rights - Licensing contract - Action for infringement against a third party - Infringement of the licensing contract by the person enjoying the right of exploitation in his contractual relationship with the third party. Case C-140/10.
- A11P1
- A13P3
- A13P1
- A27
- A13P2
- A94
- A104
- A16
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 October 2004. Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH v Brangewitz GmbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Landgericht Düsseldorf - Germany. Plant varieties - System of protection - Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 and Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 - Use by farmers of the product of the harvest - Suppliers of processing services - Obligation to provide information to the holder of the Community right. Case C-336/02.
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 15 November 2012. Raiffeisen-Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main eG v Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Community plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Processing services — Obligation of the supplier of processing services to provide information to the holder of the Community right — Requirements regarding the time and content of an application for information. Case C‑56/11.
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 March 2004. Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH v Werner Jäger. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf - Germany. Plant varieties - System of protection - Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 and Articles 3(2) and 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 - Organisation of holders - Meaning - Organisation's obligation to act only for its members - Use by farmers of the product of the harvest - Obligation to provide information to the holder of the Community right. Case C-182/01.
- Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 October 2021. José Cánovas Pardo SL v Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Community plant variety rights – Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 – Article 96 – Calculation of the period of prescription for claims pursuant to Articles 94 and 95 – Point from which time starts to run – Date of grant of Community rights and of knowledge of the act and of the identity of the party liable – Date on which the course of action in question ceased – Repeated acts – Continuous acts – Restricted to acts carried out more than three years ago. Case C-186/18.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 June 2006. Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH v Ulrich Deppe and Others (C-7/05), Siegfried Hennings (C-8/05) and Hartmut Lübbe (C-9/05). Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesgerichtshof - Germany. Plant varieties - Level of equitable remuneration to be paid to the holder of a Community plant variety right - Article 5(2), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1768/95, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2605/98 - Concept of "level of remuneration sensibly lower than the amount charged for the licensed production of propagating material'. Joined cases C-7/05 to C-9/05.
- Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2019. Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas v Adolfo Juan Martínez Sanchís. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Community plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Article 13(2) and (3) — Effects of community plant variety rights — Cumulative protection scheme — Planting of variety constituents and harvesting the fruit — Distinction between acts effected in respect of variety constituents and those concerning harvested material — Concept of ‘unauthorised use of variety constituents’ — Article 95 — Provisional protection. Case C-176/18.
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 April 2003. Christian Schulin v Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main - Germany. Plant varieties - System of protection - Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 and Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 - Use by farmers of the product of the harvest - Obligation to provide information to the holder of the Community right. Case C-305/00.
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 June 2016. Jørn Hansson v Jungpflanzen Grünewald GmbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual and industrial property — Community plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Infringement — Reasonable compensation — Compensation for damage — Costs of proceedings and out-of-court expenses. Case C-481/14.
- Case C-176/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 7 March 2018 — Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas v Adolfo Juan Martínez Sanchís
- article 13 paragraph 3
- article 13 paragraph 2
- Case C-522/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Pfälzisches Oberlandesgericht (Germany) lodged on 24 August 2021 — MS v Saatgut Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH
- article 94 paragraph 2 sentence 1
- Case C-186/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 9 March 2018 — José Cánovas Pardo, S.L. v Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas
- article 94
- article 95
- article 96
Legal basis
- TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PART SIX : GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 235
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