Decree-Law No. 75/2002 on the production, control and certification of agriculture and horticulture plant seeds for commercialization purposes. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Legislation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República, Série I-A, No. 72, 26 March 2002, pp. 2867–2878 Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Packaging/labelling Plant production Planting material/seeds Inspection Internal trade Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Decree-Law enters into force on the day after its publication. Abstract This Decree-Law rules on the production, control and certification of agriculture and horticulture plant seeds for commercialization purposes. It transforms into national law the Council Directives No. 98/95/CE and No. 98/96/CE of 14 December 1998 and 2001/64/CE of 31 August 2001. It is composed of 34 articles and one Annex regulating field inspections and samplings to be undertaken by private agents under the authorization of the General Direction for Crop Protection. The Decree-Law stipulates that the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries will define by Order the implementing rules. Full text Portuguese Website www.dgaj.mj.pt References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 98/96/EC amending, inter alia, as regards unofficial field inspections under Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species. Legislation | European Union | 1998 Keyword: Plant production, Packaging/labelling, Inspection, Internal trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 98/95/EC amending, in respect of the consolidation of the internal market, genetically modified plant varieties and plant genetic resources, Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species. Legislation | European Union | 1998 Keyword: Plant production, Biotechnology, Planting material/seeds, Packaging/labelling, Internal trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Decree-Law No. 2/2004 on the commercialization of oil seeds and fibrous seeds. Legislation | Portugal | 2004 Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Inspection, Internal trade, Classification/declassification, Oleaginous plants, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX