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Law No. 385-II on seed growing.

Country/Territory
Kazakhstan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2003 (2016)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Crops/grasses Planting material/seeds Transport/storage Plant variety Certification Intellectual property rights/patents Inspection Registration Basic legislation Plant production
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Entry into force notes
The Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Law governs the issues of seed growing, the state inspection of seed production, procurement, processing, storage, transport and trade of seeds of agricultural plants. It shall be applicable to plant varieties (clones, inbreeding lines, hybrids, plant population, variety blends), seeds and seed plantations. The Act consists of six Chapters divided into 25 articles: (1) general provisions; (2) state regulation of seed growing; (3) organizational arrangements; (4) seed production, procurement, processing, storage, transport, trade and use; (5) evaluation of plant variety and sowing quality of seeds; (6) dispute settlement. The state regulation shall be carried out in the forms of: (a) certification; (b) keeping of the State register of selection achievements; (c) compulsory expertise of seeds; (d) research; (e) legal protection of intellectual property rights. The state seed growing inspection shall provide for: (a) certification; (b) plant variety and seed quality control; (c) export and import of seeds. Trade and use for sowing of the infected seeds of agricultural crops, unregistered seed varieties and the seeds that have not undergone the state expertise. Amendments regard state regulation in the sphere of seed growing with a view of preventing actions that mislead consumers about safety in the field of seed production. Trade and use for sowing (planting) of seeds of agricultural crops that have not passed expertise for sowing qualities and obtained on the basis of genetic engineering (genetically modified) shall be prohibited. In order to prevent actions that mislead consumers about the safety of seeds and their life cycle processes, seed producers are obliged to provide buyers and (or) consumers with complete and reliable information about the safety and quality indicators of the seeds.

Full text
Russian
Website
online.zakon.kz

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Ministerial Decree No. 4-2/602 validating the Regulation on conducting agricultural plant variety testing.

Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2015 (2017)

Keyword: Plant variety, Planting material/seeds, Certification, Crops/grasses, Genetic resources, Contract/agreement, Transport/storage, International trade, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX