Commission Regulation (EC) No 1452/2003 on Organic Seeds

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A major development related to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 was the implementation of Commission regulation (EC) No 1452/2003 of 14 August 2003.

This regulation requires all EU countries to establish databases for organic seed from January 2004 in order to make the supply situation more transparent. Organic seeds and vegetative propagating material must be used if an official database shows that the relevant variety or a comparable variety is available. It is only when the market supply for suitable seeds or vegetative propagating material has been exhausted that a farmer can be given approval to use conventional seeds or propagating material.

From January 2004 the organicXseeds internet database set up by FiBL is the official database for organic seeds and vegetative propagating material in Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Luxemburg, Switzerland, UK..

Information on the use of seed and vegetative propagating material in organic farming is available at the internet site of the European Commission. >> Info

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