Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltung (Agriculture and Fisheries - Judgment) French Text [2019] EUECJ C-239/18 (17 October 2019)

Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltung (Agriculture and Fisheries - Judgment) French Text [2019] EUECJ C-239/18 (17 October 2019)

Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 does not grant holders of Community plant variety rights the right to request from official bodies information relating to the use of material of species unless the request specifies the particular protected variety concerned. The right to information is limited to the...

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Citation
[2019] EUECJ C-239/18
Parties
Applicant: Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH; Respondent: Freistaat Thüringen
Jurisdiction
European Union
Procedural Posture
Preliminary Reference / Judgment on Reference From Thüringer Oberlandesgericht
Outcome
Reference answered; Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 interpreted as not allowing requests for species-level information without specifying the protected variety.
Legal Topics
Plant Variety Protection, Access to Official Information, Interpretation of Regulation (ec) No 1768/95, Interpretation of Regulation (ec) No 2100/94
European Union Law Intellectual Property Law Agricultural Law Plant Variety Protection Access to Official Information Interpretation of Regulation (ec) No 1768/95 Interpretation of Regulation (ec) No 2100/94

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Parties

Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH

Applicant

Freistaat Thüringen

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Preliminary Reference / Judgment on Reference From Thüringer Oberlandesgericht

  1. 1 Whether Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 allows holders of Community plant variety rights to request from official bodies information relating to the use of material of species without specifying the protected variety.

Ratio Decidendi

Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 does not grant holders of Community plant variety rights the right to request from official bodies information relating to the use of material of species unless the request specifies the particular protected variety concerned. The right to information is limited to the protection of rights relating to specific varieties, not species in general.

Court Disposition

Reference answered; Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 interpreted as not allowing requests for species-level information without specifying the protected variety.

Orders

  • Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 does not allow holders of Community plant variety rights to request from an official body information relating to the use of material of species without specifying the protected variety.