French Variety and Seed Study and Control Group
GEVES is a public interest group and the only official organisation in France providing expertise on new plant varieties and seed quality analysis. It is made up of INRAE, the Ministry of Agriculture and Semae.
News
CTPS price list update July 2025
Annual meeting of the European VSCU Group
CPVO Working Group on Disease Resistance in Vegetable Species: A Proactive Methodology for Prioritising Their Integration into DUS Protocols
Our main missions
Describe and evaluate new varieties for registration in the French Official Catalogue and/or legal protection at national or European level
Assessing the quality and conformity of seeds and plants as part of official analyses for marketing purposes and for additional private services for companies in the sector
Ensuring national coordination of plant genetic resource conservation, an essential action for the conservation of cultivated biodiversity
As the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for seeds and plants, GEVES is the technical contact for seed quality analyses for the ministry, the competent authority, and approved and recognised laboratories. In this capacity, GEVES will train and certify laboratory employees, organise technical meetings, share methods, assist laboratories in resolving technical issues, conduct audits, organise inter-laboratory trials, and carry out official analyses for the purpose of establishing control charts.
GEVES can train experts at national and international level within the framework of collaborations in its areas of expertise concerning the description and evaluation of varieties and methods and practices for evaluating seed quality.
- Better evaluating varieties and seeds in terms of agroecology, contributing to the maintenance of biodiversity and addressing climate change
- Improving evaluation methods to increase efficiency and reliability and strengthen health and safety protection at work
Species studied
- Innovation in Support of the Public Interes
- Quality and Impartial Expertise
- A Dedicated and Passionate Team
Varieties in collection
Seed analyses
Employees
Laboratory
Research projects / initiatives
Visitors welcomed
For field trials including 76,000 micro-plots
of greenhouses and tunnels
New varieties registered in the Catalogue
