Seed Potatoes (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 577 of 2010). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Planting material/seeds Vegetables/legumes Plant production International trade Authorization/permit Data collection/reporting Offences/penalties Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations give effect to Community legislation on the importation of seed potatoes. They provide for prior notification of all introductions of seed potatoes into Ireland and for certain restrictions in regard to the planting of seed potatoes. Planting shall be in accordance with provisions of the European Communities (Seed Potatoes) Regulations 2010. Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie 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 Council Directive 2002/56/EC on the marketing of seed potatoes. Legislation | European Union | 2002 Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Certification, Packaging/labelling, Internal trade, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX