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European Communities (Seed Potatoes) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 236 of 2005).

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Planting material/seeds Vegetables/legumes Inspection Data collection/reporting International trade 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 amend the principal Regulations. Regulation 2(2) of the Principal Regulations (inserted by the Regulations of 1999) is revoked. Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations (inserted by the Regulations of 1999) is amended: (a) by substituting for paragraph (3) a new paragraph: on notification of every consignment of imported seed potatoes exceeding 10 kg by the importer to the Minister, examination by an authorized officer before or after removal from the place of importation and, if the consignment is found on examination to be infected or infested with any pathogen which, in the opinion of the Minister, is considered to be harmful, destruction or condition to the release of the consignment prohibiting the use for planting of any potatoes in the consignment.

Full text
English
Website
www.ucc.ie

References - Legislation

Amends

European Communities (Seed Potatoes) Regulations, 1980.

Legislation | Ireland | 1980

Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Certification, Plant production, Packaging/labelling, Vegetables/legumes

Source: FAO, FAOLEX