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Ministerial Decree No. 289 containing the regulation on the institution of the Voluntary Certification Service on the plant propagating material.

Country/Territory
Italy
Document type
Regulation
Date
1991
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 209, 6 September 1991, pp. 6-11.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant production Planting material/seeds Certification Non-governmental entity
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The Decree establishes the Certification Service for propagation material. It is composed by conservation centres, propagation centres and plant production centres. The management of the Service is entrusted to the Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry and to the technical scientific committee established by Ministerial Decree of 6 March 1989. The certification of propagating material may be performed only in favour of authorized centres according to the law. Article 7 contains a classification of the propagating material and article 9 establishes all the requirements that the propagation centres must satisfy in order to obtain the recognition by the Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry.

Full text
Italian