Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. No. 7 of 2010). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant production Planting material/seeds Vegetables/legumes Plant protection Pests/diseases Genetic resources 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 Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 so as to give effect to Commission Directive 2008/62/EC, whereby Member States may make certain derogations from compliance with the general requirements for acceptance of varieties and the marketing of seed potatoes. These Regulations amend the Principal Regulations by introducing restrictions relating to these regional conditions upon the marketing of seed potatoes of a conservation variety and by inserting a requirement for official labels for seed potatoes of a conservation variety to bear the words ‘conservation variety’ and state their region of origin in addition to the other information required. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements 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 Amends Seed Potatoes (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001 (S.R. No. 188 of 2001). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2001 Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Vegetables/legumes, Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Packaging/labelling, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX