European Communities (Seed Potatoes) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 532 of 2011). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Planting material/seeds Certification Internal trade Plant production Classification/declassification Packaging/labelling Vegetables/legumes Genetically modified organism (GMO) Plant protection Plant variety Inspection Biotechnology Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations give effect to Community legislation in the field of production, certification and marketing of seed potatoes. They make provision for: (a) classification and grading of seed potatoes including production requirements relating to plant health and varietal purity; (b) labelling, sealing and marketing of seed potatoes; (c) sampling of lots, provision of information, service of notices and exemptions; and (d) certification of pre-basic seed potatoes and certification of seed potatoes for test or trial purposes. If an authorized officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that seed potatoes do not conform to these Regulations, he or she may issue a Compliance Notice directing that seed potatoes, or any potatoes derived from such seed potatoes, be dealt with in a manner specified in the Notice or be dealt with in another specified manner. Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie References - Legislation Implements Commission Decision 2004/842/EC concerning implementing rules whereby Member States may authorise the placing on the market of seed belonging to varieties for which an application for entry in the national catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or vegetable species has been submitted. Legislation | European Union | 2004 Keyword: Plant variety, Planting material/seeds, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Authorization/permit, Internal trade, Packaging/labelling, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Biotechnology, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed. Legislation | European Union | 2003 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Authorization/permit, Packaging/labelling, Registration, Access-to-information, Animal feed/feedstuffs Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 2002/56/EC on the marketing of seed potatoes. Legislation | European Union | 2002 Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Certification, Packaging/labelling, Internal trade, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC Legislation | European Union | 2001 (2018) Keyword: Genetically modified organism (GMO), PIC-prior informed consent, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Precautionary principle, Biotechnology Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals European Communities (Seed Potatoes) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 492 of 2010). Legislation | Ireland | 2010 Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Certification, Internal trade, Plant production, Classification/declassification, Packaging/labelling, Vegetables/legumes, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Plant protection, Plant variety, Biotechnology Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by European Union (Seed Potatoes) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 641 of 2015). Legislation | Ireland | 2015 Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Vegetables/legumes, Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Packaging/labelling, Inspection, Certification, Standards, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Biotechnology Source: FAO, FAOLEX