Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 3035 of 2012).

Subject

Cultivated plants

Keyword

Plant production Planting material/seeds Plant protection Packaging/labelling Certification

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract

These Regulations amend the Seed Marketing Regulations 2011 so as to add Council Decision 2003/17/EC to the list of EU instruments in respect of which references in the principal Regulations are to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time. They also: allow the Secretary of State to license exemptions for temporary experiments organised under European Directives on the marketing of, respectively, beet seed, cereal seed, fodder plant seed, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed; amend the definition of certified seed; and amend one of the requirements as regards the content of an official label on a mixture of seed.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

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

Amends

Seed Marketing Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 463 of 2011).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011 (2020)

Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Packaging/labelling, Inspection, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Certification, Plant variety, Intellectual property rights/patents

Source: FAO, FAOLEX