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F1 Substituted by Decision No 1104/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 amending Council Decision 2008/971/EC to include forest reproductive material of the ‘qualified’ category and to update the name of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production.
a CA – Canada, CH – Switzerland, [F2HR – Croatia,] NO – Norway, RS – Serbia, TR – Turkey, US – United States.] | |
Country a | Authority responsible for the approval and control of production |
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CA | National Forest Genetic Resources Centre/Centre national des ressources génétiques forestières Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada Canadian Forest Service-Atlantic/Service canadien des forêts -Atlantique P.O. Box 4000, FREDERICTON, NB E3B 5P7 |
CH | Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (UVEK) Forest Division Federal Plant Protection Service Zürcherstraße 111 CH-8903 BIRMENSDORF |
[ F2 ] | |
NO | Norwegian Forest Research Institute Høgskoleveien 12 N-1432 AAS Norwegian Forest Seed Station P.O. Box 118 N-2301 HAMAR |
RS | Group for Forest Reproductive Material and Genetic Resources Directorate for Forest Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Ministry of AFW — Directorate for Forest Omladinskih brigada 1 Novi Beograd |
TR | Ministry of Environment and Forestry General Directorate of Forestation and Erosion Control Bestepe 06560 Ankara |
US | USA United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Cooperative Forestry National Seed Laboratory 5675 Riggins Mill Road Dry Branch, Georgia 31020 OFFICIAL STATE CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES (Authorised to issue OECD certificates through cooperative agreement with USDA Forest Service) Washington State Crop Improvement Association, Inc. 1610 NE Eastgate Blvd, Suite 610 Pullman, Washington 99163 |
Textual Amendments
F2 Deleted by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia.
purity: the percentage by weight of pure seed, other seed and inert matter of the product marketed as a seed lot;
the germination percentage of pure seed, or, where the germination percentage is impossible or impractical to assess, the viability percentage assessed by reference to a specified method;
the weight of 1 000 pure seeds;
the number of germinable seeds per kilogram of product marketed as seed, or, where the number of germinable seeds is impossible or impractical to assess, the number of viable seeds per kilogram.
for tests, scientific purposes or genetic conservation;
where seed units are clearly shown not to be intended for forestry purposes.
As regards seed or planting stock of the ‘ qualified ’ category, the OECD Label and the supplier’s label or document shall state whether genetic modification has been used in the production of the basic material.]
Textual Amendments
F3 Inserted by Decision No 1104/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 amending Council Decision 2008/971/EC to include forest reproductive material of the ‘qualified’ category and to update the name of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production.
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