The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2017 No. 595

SCHEDULE 4 Registration of varieties

Growing trials

6.—(1) Growing trials may be carried out—

(a) by the Secretary of State;

(b) for the Secretary of State in accordance with arrangements for official measures made under regulation 27; or

(c) by a responsible authority elsewhere in the United Kingdom or in another member State.

(2) Growing trials must—

(a) establish whether a variety is distinct, uniform and stable; and

(b) be conducted, as regards trial design, growing conditions and characteristics of the variety to be covered, in accordance with an appropriate protocol.