Marketing of seed potatoes for scientific purposes or selection work

8.—(1) The Welsh Ministers may authorise marketing of small quantities of seed potatoes for scientific purposes or selection work in accordance with this regulation.

(2) The Welsh Ministers may not authorise marketing of seed potatoes which contain any genetically modified material unless an authorisation is in force under—

[F1(a)the Food and Feed Regulation;

(b)the GMO regulations; or

(c)before implementation period completion day, Part C of the Deliberate Release Directive].

(3) An application for authorisation to market seed potatoes in accordance with paragraph (1) must be made in writing to the Welsh Ministers and must be accompanied by such information as the Welsh Ministers may require.

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