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Also emailed and called NSALG to make sure it hits their radar.
Had a look at Garden Organic's website and can't find anything about this. Have emailed them yesterday and again today to Heritage Seed Library directly. Hope to get a reply and, more importantly, hope they will get campaining themselves. That would have a lot of clout behind it.
In order to adapt to the needs of producers and the requirements of flexibility, theRegulation continues not to apply to plant reproductive material intended for testingand scientific purposes and intended for breeding purposes. In addition, it should notapply to material intended to or maintained in gene banks, and networks ofconservation of genetic resources or organisations associated with gene banks as wellas material exchanged in kinds between two persons.
This is the whole 'law' http://www.seed-sovereignty.org/PDF/EU_Comm_Draft_on_plant_reprodutive_material.pdfBut it is still WRONG!..they are trying to restrict the handling and selling seeds too much.If buyer wants all the legal paperworks, labelling etc to full fill the requirements..he/she should buy it from such a source that provide them....not all seed sources should be forced to do same!
that's one more to the petition! now at 136,862 and climbing!
I think this is the bit you refer..QuoteIn order to adapt to the needs of producers and the requirements of flexibility, theRegulation continues not to apply to plant reproductive material intended for testingand scientific purposes and intended for breeding purposes. In addition, it should notapply to material intended to or maintained in gene banks, and networks ofconservation of genetic resources or organisations associated with gene banks as wellas material exchanged in kinds between two persons.
Not sure whether this is the right place for the post - apologies to Mods if it's not.RealSeeds have put up a post about EU proposals to ban traditional seeds and old/rare varieties. This is by DG SANCO and in direct opposition to 2 other DGs (Agricutlural affairs and Environmental affairs)More info is here http://www.realseeds.co.uk/seedlaw.htmlWe only have until 28 April to make views known to the EU commissioners. The UK's is Catherine Ashton, wife of Peter Kellner, who runs YouGov. Perhaps they could run a poll....Will you respond?