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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