EUPVP - Common Catalogue Information System

The Common Catalogues of varieties of agricultural plant and vegetable species list the varieties which can be marketed in the EU.

Catalogues are based on the registration of plant varieties in EU countries after they have been technically examined there and notified to the Commission.

Legislation

• Council Directive 2002/53/EC on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species.
• Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed.
• Council Directive 2008/72/EC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed.
• Commission Directive 2003/90/EC - Rules on minimum characteristics and minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species.
• Commission Directive 2003/91/EC - Rules on minimum characteristics and minim conditions for examining certain vegetable species.
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/384 – Rules on variety denomination.

List of species

Download Species List. It includes the principal botanical name, the synonym(s) and the UPOV code.