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Ministerial Decree on the organization of the national service of voluntary certification of plant propagating material for fruit plants.

Country/Territory
Italy
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 240, 15 October 2003.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Planting material/seeds Plant variety Certification Biotechnology Institution Plant production
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Decree makes provisions in matter of: (a) organization of the national service of voluntary certification of plant propagating material for fruit plants (SNC); (b) definition and execution of different certification stages; (c) classification of certification materials; and (d) recognition of clones and selections to be subjected to certification. The SNC, which is set up under the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies, is charged with the coordination of those technical, scientific and administrative activities which are related to the certifcation of plant propagating material. The certification which rests on a voluntary basis shall consist of the following stages: (a) conservation for pre-multiplication purposes (art. 7); (b) pre-multiplication (art. 8); (c) multiplication (art. 9); and (d) nursery.

Full text
Italian
Website
www.comune.jesi.an.it

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Decree laying down provisions for the production of propagative materials for fruit plants.

Legislation | Italy | 2006

Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Plant variety, Certification, Biotechnology, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX