Commission Directive 2009/145/EC providing for certain derogations, for acceptance of vegetable landraces and varieties which have been traditionally grown in particular localities and regions and are threatened by genetic erosion and of vegetable varieties with no intrinsic value for commercial crop production but developed for growing under particular conditions and for marketing of seed of those

This Directive lays down certain derogations in relation to the conservation in situ and the sustainable use of plant genetic resources through growing and marketing, specifically as regards the vegetable species covered by Directive 2002/55/EC. These derogations refer to acceptance for inclusion in the national catalogues of varieties of vegetable species, of landraces and varieties which have been traditionally grown in particular localities and regions and threatened by genetic erosion.

2009-11-26