Decree laying down measures applicable to the commerce of conservation varieties. Country/Territory Italy Document type Regulation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 122, 26 May 2008. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Genetic resources Planting material/seeds Registration Plant production Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Decree aims at the protection and preservation of agricultural ecosystems and promotes high quality production, giving particular regard to in situ conservation of varieties. The definition of “conservation varieties” encompasses non-autochthonous varieties which have never been registered in the National Seed Register, provided they have been integrated within the local agricultural ecosystems. Full text Italian Website www.gazzettaufficiale.it References - Legislation Implements Legislative Decree No. 212 implementing Directives 98/95/EC and 98/96/EC on the marketing of seeds and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species and related controls. Legislation | Italy | 2001 Keyword: Authorization/permit, Internal trade, Packaging/labelling, Institution, Planting material/seeds, Standards, Biotechnology, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX