The Seed Potatoes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Amendment of the Seed Potatoes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

3.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) insert at the appropriate places in the alphabetical order—

““additional region” means the region for seed production approved by the Department for the purposes of the second paragraph of article 11(1) of the Commission Directive 2008/62/EC;”;

““Commission Directive 2008/62/EC” means Commission Directive 2008/62/EC providing for certain derogations for acceptance of agricultural landraces and varieties which are naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion and for marketing of seed and seed potatoes of those landraces and varieties;(1);”;

““conservation variety” means a variety which is listed as such in accordance with the Seed (National List of Varieties) Regulations 2001((2));”; and

““region of origin” means the region forming a part or the whole of Northern Ireland identified by the Department for the purposes of article 8.1 of Commission Directive 2008/62/EC;””.

(1)

O.J. No.I.162 ,216.2008.p.13

(2)

S.I.2001/3510 as amended by S.I. 2004/2949, 2007/1871, 2008/2683 and S.I. 2009/1273.