An obligation for seed savers to officially register? Who would get engaged in conserving diversity if a registration was needed and a long list of administrative tasks were to be worked through? If prices of seed and plantlets would therefore increase considerably?
Study on options to reform underway The consultancy (ICF Consulting) chosen by the European Commission to undertake the background work for the study requested by Member States on the options to reform European seeds marketing rules has contacted a very limited number...
Preliminary interviews for the study under way – European Commission reaction to French amendment to its national seed laws The consultancy (ICF) that will do the background work for the study requested by Member States to the European Commission on the options to...
Last Rounds for Organic Heterogeneous Material (“OHM”) While the lead for the Organic Regulation in the European Commission is with the Directorate General for Agriculture (DG AGRI, Unit Organic), the technical work on the new notification regime for the...
Directives European Commission is currently examining applications to its tender on the Study for possible reform The procedure for the study requested by Member States to the European Commission by 31st December 2020 on the options to reform the seeds marketing...
Overarching European Strategies delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic Within its European Green Deal, the European Commission will adopt two overarching strategies that have an impact on crop biodiversity, namely the “EU Post-2020 Biodiversity Strategy” and the...
European Commission Study kick off delayed to Summer 2020 In November 2019, Member States of the European Union have requested the European Commission to conduct a study on the Union’s options to update the existing legislation on the production and marketing of plant...
New cross-boundary EU food policy effort coordinated by DG SANTE Within its European Green Deal, the new European Commission’s major ambition that has a direct impact on crop biodiversity is the cross-cutting “Farm to Fork Strategy”. The Strategy, which is...
Drafting of the Delegated and Implementing Acts on seeds progresses Adopted in 2018, and entering into force in January 2021, the Organic Regulation offers considerable advances for the marketing of organic seeds, either from “organic heterogeneous material”, or...
