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Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. No. 350 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 variety Plant protection Pests/diseases Packaging/labelling Genetically modified organism (GMO) Inspection Biotechnology
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations make provision in Northern Ireland for the control of the production, placing on the market and the certification of seed potatoes, other than those intended for export outside the European Community. They give effect to various Community Directives and Decisions in this field and, in particular to Council Directive 2001/18/EC. The Regulations make provision for, among other things: the classification and grading of seed potatoes for purposes of quality, plant health and varietal purity; the marketing, packing and labelling of seed potatoes (and in particular of genetically modified seed potatoes; a conservation-varieties derogation; production methods in the interests of plant health; and testing and sampling of seed potatoes.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Directive 2007/33/EC on the control of potato cyst nematodes and repealing Directive 69/465/EEC.

Legislation | European Union | 2007

Keyword: Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Vegetables/legumes

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

Amends

Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. No. 82 of 2006).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2006

Keyword: Plant protection, Plant production, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Transport/storage, Internal trade, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. No. 351 of 2011).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011

Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Pests/diseases, Classification/declassification, Plant protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. No. 190 of 2016).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2016

Keyword: Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Vegetables/legumes, Plant variety, Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Packaging/labelling, Genetically modified organism (GMO), Inspection, Biotechnology

Source: FAO, FAOLEX