The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Prospective

Regulation 2 (interpretation) U.K.

3.  In regulation 2(1)—

(a) after the definition of “the Common Catalogue Directive”, insert—

““conservation variety” means a landrace or plant variety of a species specified in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 that is naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion, and for these purposes—

(a)

“landrace” means a set of populations or clones of a plant species which are naturally adapted to the environmental conditions of their region; and

(b)

“genetic erosion” means loss of genetic diversity between and within populations or varieties of the same species over time or reduction of the genetic basis of a species due to human intervention or environmental change;”;

(b) after the definition of “person affected”, insert—

““region of origin” means the region identified by the National Authorities when a conservation variety is accepted on to a National List as being the region in which the variety has historically been grown and to which it is naturally developed;”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 30.6.2009, see reg. 1