Action brought on 17 December 2018 – Siberia Oriental v CPVO (Siberia)

(Case T-737/18)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Siberia Oriental BV (‘t Zand, Netherlands) (represented by: T. Overdijk, lawyer)

Defendant: Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)

Details of the proceedings before CPVO

Community plant variety right at issue: Community plant variety right No EU0404 (“Siberia” variety of Lilium L.)

Contested decision: Decision of the Board of Appeal of CPVO of 15 October 2018 in Case A 009/2017

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul or set aside the contested decision;

order CPVO to change the expiration date in the Register to 30 April 2020.

Pleas in law

Infringement of essential procedural requirements;

Infringement of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 or any rule of law relating to its application, including the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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