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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