European Communities (Marketing of Seeds) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 431 of 2009). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Planting material/seeds Plant variety Registration Genetic resources Plant production Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations provide for certain derogations for acceptance of agricultural landraces and varieties which are naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion and for marketing of seed and seed potatoes of those landraces and varieties. The Regulations allow the Minister to register, at certain conditions, a conservation variety in the national catalogue maintained under the European Communities (National Catalogue of Agricultural Plant Varieties) Regulations. Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie References - Legislation Amended by European Communities (Marketing of Seeds) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 531 of 2010). Legislation | Ireland | 2010 Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Plant variety, Registration, Genetic resources, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX European Communities (Marketing of Seeds) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 739 of 2011). Legislation | Ireland | 2011 Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Plant variety, Genetic resources, Plant production, Biodiversity Source: FAO, FAOLEX