Originally Posted by rbel[_2_]

On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:41:35 +0100, Jake lid
wrote:


I have had a quick trawl round the main eur legislation sites but no
sign of a draft of the regulation. In the event that anyone is
particularly interested in the probable impact of this and is able to
locate a draft let me know and I will put my pre-retirement hat on and
see if there is anything for non-commercial gardeners to be aware of,
other than a potential increase in seed prices.

This seems to be a draft:
http://www.seed-sovereignty.org/PDF/...e_material.pdf

From a quick read of the draft regulation there would seem to be
little to concern gardeners other than potential 'knock-on' of the
implications for suppliers. The constraints apply to 'operators'
defined as 'any natural or legal person carrying out professionally at
least one of the following activities with regard to plant
reproductive material: reproducing, producing, breeding, maintaining,
providing services, preserving, including storing, and placing on the
market'.

Article 2 states 'This Regulation shall not apply to plant
reproductive material... (d) exchanged in kind between persons other
than operators.

For 'operators' there is a detailed series of constraints relating to
the species listed in Annex I of the draft (see Jake's link above). It
appears to me as a someone with limited knowledge of garden plants
that the list is fairly limited and contains a number of trees. It is
worth bearing in mind that many of the constraints have been in place
for many years (since 1966 in a couple of cases) via the 12 Council
Directives that are being subsumed into the proposed reg.

Under Art 44 all other species not listed in Annex I will be the
subject of a more relaxed regime.
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rbel