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Order No. 1550 on vegetable seeds.

Country/Territory
Denmark
Document type
Regulation
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Planting material/seeds Certification Packaging/labelling International trade Inspection Standards Plant production
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
1 January 2016.
Abstract

A batch of seed of species listed in Appendix 2 may only be traded as seed for sowing and this Order applies only to the sale of vegetable seeds for commercial exploitation. These provisions concerning trade also apply to possession, offering, distribution, delivery and other payment transactions. A batch produced abroad may be introduced into Denmark and sold as standard if 1) the variety is entered in the Danish black list or the European Community Common Catalogue, and 2) if the party is produced in a Member State of the EU. An area of seed requiring certification, shall be inspected in the growing season to ensure breeding standards in Appendix 3 are met.

Full text
Danish
Website
www.retsinformation.dk

References - Legislation

Implements

Plant Pest Act (No. 14 of 2017).

Legislation | Denmark | 1984 (2009)

Keyword: Pesticides, Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Plant protection, Crops/grasses, Pests/diseases, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Commission Directive 92/105/EEC establishing a degree of standardization for plant passports to be used for the movement of certain plants, plant products or other objects within the Community, and establishing the detailed procedures related to the issuing of such plant passports and the conditions and detailed procedures for their replacement.

Legislation | European Union | 1992

Keyword: Internal trade, Packaging/labelling, Planting material/seeds, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed.

Legislation | European Union | 2002 (2020)

Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Plant variety, Vegetables/legumes, Packaging/labelling, Certification, Internal trade, Biotechnology

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community.

Legislation | European Union | 2000

Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Certification

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

Comission Directive 2009/145/EC providing for certain derogations, for acceptance of vegetable landraces and varieties which have been traditionally grown in particular localities and regions and are threatened by genetic erosion and of vegetable varieties with no intrinsic value for commercial crop production but developed for growing under particular conditions and for marketing of seed of those

Legislation | European Union | 2009

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

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. 97 on vegetable seeds.

Legislation | Denmark | 2015

Keyword: Certification, Packaging/labelling, International trade, Inspection, Standards, Food quality control/food safety, Planting material/seeds, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX