Brussels, Belgium
April 11, 2007
Source: European Food Safety
http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/propagation/catalogues/index_en.htm
Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common
catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species and
Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the
marketing of vegetable seed lay down the legislative basis for
the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species
(consolidated version of 1 March 2007) and
the common catalogue of varieties of vegetable species
(consolidated version of 11 April 2007. These catalogues
are established on the basis of information received from the
Member States and published in the Official Journal. They list
those varieties whose seed is subject to no marketing
restrictions within the Community as regards variety. Varieties
must meet standards, notably pertaining to distinctness,
uniformity, stability and, in the case of agriculture, value for
cultivation and use in order to be listed. In the case of
varieties of agricultural plant species, their satisfactory
value for cultivation and use is based on yields, resistance to
harmful organisms, behaviour with respect to factors in the
physical environment and quality characteristics. |
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