Order No. 1549 on seeds. Country/Territory Denmark Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural development Crops/grasses Cereals/grains/rice Agricultural commodities Vegetables/legumes Standards Inspection Certification International trade Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Order regulates rules on grains and seeds, which may only be sold for sowing purposes, and therefore applies to any commercial activity thereof (sale, distribution, delivery etc.). This Order does not apply to the supply of grain for official control, testing and examinations – nor to the supply of grain from processing or packaging. Businesses in Denmark producing seeds for sale, must be registered with the Danish AgriFish Agency. Breeding of seeds should be based on a written contract between grower and a registered company. For the production of seed, it is mandatory that it is approved for certification complying with requirements and standards. The Agency may certify a party of seeds sold internationally in adherence to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) if the lot is to be exported to a State which is not a member of the European Union. Full text Danish Website www.retsinformation.dk; www.oecd.org 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 Commission Directive 2008/62/EC providing for certain derogations for acceptance of agricultural landraces and varieties which are naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion and for marketing of seed and seed potatoes of those landraces and varieties. Legislation | European Union | 2008 Keyword: Plant protection, Plant variety, Planting material/seeds, Cereals/grains/rice, Sugar cane/sugar beet, Vegetables/legumes, Plant production, Crops/grasses, Agricultural commodities Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed. Legislation | European Union | 1966 Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Cereals/grains/rice, Standards, Crops/grasses, Agricultural commodities Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Decision 2003/17/EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries. Legislation | European Union | 2002 Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Cereals/grains/rice, Oleaginous plants, Textile plants/fibres, Crops/grasses, Agricultural commodities Source: FAO, FAOLEX Act relevant to seeds, potatoes and plants (No. 12 of 2017). Legislation | Denmark | 1991 (2017) Keyword: Internal trade, Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Inspection, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Commission Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU on the organisation of a temporary experiment providing for certain derogations for the marketing of populations of the plant species wheat, barley, oats and maize pursuant to Council Directive 66/402/EEC. Legislation | European Union | 2014 Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Cereals/grains/rice, Standards, Crops/grasses, Agricultural commodities Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 512 on the Danish Agricultural Agency's duties and powers. Legislation | Denmark | 2015 Keyword: Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Farming, Agricultural development, Inspection, Certification, Fishery management and conservation, Food quality control/food safety, Animal production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Order No. 96 on seeds. Legislation | Denmark | 2015 Keyword: Agricultural development, Crops/grasses, Cereals/grains/rice, Agricultural commodities, Vegetables/legumes, Standards, Inspection, Certification, International trade, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Order No. 1710 on grain seeds. Legislation | Denmark | 2016 Keyword: Agricultural development, Cereals/grains/rice, Certification, Standards, Agricultural commodities, Crops/grasses, Inspection, International trade, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX