Slides summarising the new EU seed marketing Regulation: legal recognition for conservation networks and diverse varieties, opportunities for seed exchange and non-professional sales, but continued administrative burdens and species-specific limits.
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Bureaucracy Against Biodiversity: How New Administrative Burdens in the EU PRM-Regulation Could Tighten Agro-Chemical Control Over Our Fields and Plates
ARCHE NOAH (May 2025) finds the proposed EU PRM Regulation would impose disproportionate administrative and testing burdens on small seed producers, risking loss of varieties and business closures; calls for exemptions and proportional rules.
