Ministerial Decree No. 805 validating the Regulation on testing of plant varieties and of seed sowing quality. Pays/Territoire Kazakhstan Type du document Règlement Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Plantes cultivées Mot clé Matériel de reproduction/semences Variété végétale Produits agricoles Parasites/maladies Production végétale Protection des végétaux Aire géographique Mer d’Aral, Asie, Mer Caspienne, Asie Centrale, CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe et Asie Centrale, Nations en développement sans littoral, Asie du Nord Résumé This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities for testing plant varieties and the quality of seeds to be sown by state-financed producers of agricultural commodities. Service providers for such testing shall selected in accordance with national legislation on the procurement of products and services for public needs. Seed quality testing shall be mandatory for national producers of agricultural commodities, producers of original and elite seeds (first, second and third generations), state seed testing laboratories and state seed reserves. Testing shall be carried out official seed quality testing laboratories in accordance with relevant standards (complete analysis) and one or several indices (incomplete analysis) such as germinating capacity, humidity, mass of 1 000 seeds, infection rate and pest colonization. Texte intégral Russe Site web www.government.kz