Brussels, 08/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - European Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou made her first visit to the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) on Monday 8 September. The CPVO, based in Angers, France, has been operating since 1995. It is one of the EU's decentralised agencies and is responsible for implementing the Community system for the protection of plant variety rights. This is a specific regime which allows intellectual property rights, valid...