Seed marketing : beets, fodder, cereals, potatoes, etc...

The amended Commission proposal takes into account the amendments suggested by the European Parliament (15 in all) on which the Commission has taken a favourable position. The principle amendments cover the following aspects: - extending the field of application of Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the production and marketing of seed; - the establishment of a legal basis to ensure the conservation of genetic resources; this legal basis should make it possible, in the context of legislation on seed marketing, to conserve species threatened by genetic erosion through their utilisation in situ; - establishment of a legal basis governing the conditions under which seed suitable for organic growing may be marketed. �