Ecolex Logo
The gateway to
environmental law
Search results » Legislation

Order No. 264 on seeds.

Country/Territory
Denmark
Document type
Regulation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Oils/oilseeds/fats International trade Registration Certification Inspection Packaging/labelling Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
20 March 2013.
Abstract

This Order sets regulations concerning the sale of seeds. A batch of grains of a species listed in Appendix 2 may be sold as sowing grain, and any production and sale of this commodity is subject to registration, inspection, labelling and certification by the Danish AgriFish Agency. For batches of certified rye and hybrids of regular barley, oat, wheat, triticale, spelt, durum wheat, at an overall size that does not exceed 120 tonnes (parent party), the analysis rate of compliance with the quality standards laid down in Appendix 5 shall be reduced to a single inspection. The Danish AgriFish Agency may certify a party of this commodity in adherence to regulations for the certification of internationally-traded seeds laid down by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), should the batch be exported to a non-EU member state.

Full text
Danish
Website
www.retsinformation.dk

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