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Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed

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Article 44U.K.

1.Specific conditions may be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 46(2) to take account of developments in relation to the conditions under which chemically treated seed may be marketed.

2.Specific conditions shall be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 46(2) to take account of developments in relation to the conservation in situ and the sustainable use of plant genetic resources through growing and marketing of seed of:

(a)landraces and varieties which have been traditionally grown in particular localities and regions and threatened by genetic erosion without prejudice to the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/94 of 20 June 1994 on the conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture(1);

(b)varieties with no intrinsic value for commercial crop production but developed for growing under particular conditions.

3.The specific conditions referred to in paragraph 2 shall include in particular the following points:

(a)in the case of paragraph 2, point (a), the landraces and varieties shall be accepted in accordance with the provisions of this Directive. In particular the results of unofficial tests and knowledge gained from practical experience during cultivation, reproduction and use and the detailed descriptions of the varieties and their relevant denominations, as notified to the Member State concerned, shall be taken into account and, if sufficient, shall result in exemption from the requirement of official examination. Upon acceptance of such a landrace or variety, it shall be indicated as a ‘conservation variety’ in the common catalogue;

(b)in the case of paragraph 2, points (a) and (b), appropriate quantitative restrictions.

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