Ecolex Logo
The gateway to
environmental law
Search results » Legislation

Regional Act No. 15 on the protection of autochthonous genetic resources of agricultural interest.

Country/Territory
Italy
Territorial subdivision
Lazio
Document type
Legislation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Genetic resources Biotechnology Registration Genetically modified organism (GMO) Policy/planning Institution Offences/penalties Biodiversity Planting material/seeds Plant production
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The Lazio Region protects autochthonous genetic resources of agricultural interest, including all those spontaneous plants related to cultivated species. This Regional Act shall apply also to species and varieties no longer existing in the Region but conserved at botanical gardens, farms, experimental institutes, public and private genetic banks as well as research centres (art. 1, par. 3). With a view to ensuring the conservation of genetic resources, article 2 provides for the establishment of the Regional Voluntary Register, which shall be divided into two different Sections: 1) Animal Section; 2) Plant Section. The register shall be kept and updated by the Regional Agency for the Development of Agriculture in Lazio (ARSIAL), in compliance with the guidelines to be laid down by the Regional Council within six months from the entry into force of this Act (art. 2, par. 3). Article 3 regards the establishment of the Technical and Scientific Commission for the Animal Sector, on the one hand, and the Technical and Scientific Commission for the Plant Sector, on the other hand. The protection and conservation of registered autochthonous genetic resources shall be enacted by creating a Conservation and Safety Net to be managed and coordinated by ARSIAL. The above-mentioned net shall be in charge of the propagation of such genetic materials too (art. 4). Every three years the Region shall approve a Sectional Plan on Intervention containing guidelines and directives relevant to the protection of autochthonous genetic resources (art. 6). Article 7, paragraph 1 refers to genetically modified organisms, which may not be used on regional protected nature areas. In case of violation of such prohibition, the penalties established by article 7, paragraph 2 shall be applied by the competent Commune.

Full text
Italian
Website
www.regione.lazio.it

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Act No. 15 on Genetically Modified Organisms.

Legislation | Italy | 2006

Keyword: Genetically modified organism (GMO), Biotechnology, Precautionary principle, Offences/penalties, Plant production, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX