Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material (plant reproductive material law)

Plant reproductive material is a fundamental input for the productivity, the diversity, and the health and quality of agriculture, horticulture and food and feed production and our environment. Forests cover a large area of the Union and fulfil multiple social, economic, environmental, ecological and cultural functions.

The current EU legislation for making available on the market of plant reproductive material is based on two main pillars, namely the registration of varieties/material and the certification of individual plant reproductive material lots of plant species as identified in the Directives ('EU listed species').

The draft proposal consolidates and updates the legislation on marketing of plant reproductive material by repealing and replacing the following 12 Directives:
- Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed,
- Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed,
- Directive 2002/53/EC on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species,
- Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed,
- Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed,
- Directive 2002/56/EC on the marketing of seed potatoes,
- Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants
- Directive 68/193/EEC on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine,
- Directive 1998/56/EC on the marketing of propagating material of ornamental plants,
- Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed,
- Directive 2008/90/EC on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production,
- Directive 1999/105/EC of 22 December 1999 on the marketing of forest reproductive material.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)262: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:262:FIN

EUR-Lex: SWD(2013)162: Impact assessment http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2013:162:FIN

EUR-Lex: SWD(2013)163: Executive summary of the impact assessment http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2013:163:FIN

ESO: Background information: Smarter rules for safer food: Commission proposes landmark package to modernise, simplify and strengthen the agri-food chain in Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-smarter-rules-for-safer-food-commission-proposes-landmark-package-to-modernise-simplify-and-strengthen-the-agri-food-chain-in-europe/

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