seems like European seed law did not pass...
Feb 15, 2016 11:33:43 GMT -5
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Post by PatrickW on Feb 15, 2016 11:33:43 GMT -5
The Danish seed savers have successfully convinced their government to effectively 'break' their national seed legislation by reinterpreting the directives on which it is based. They have also introduced the concept of 'Trial Planting', which allow unregistered seed to be supplied to farmers. It's a little complicated, but this effectively means they have undermined all the important restrictions in EU seed law.
Because Denmark is part of the EU, in theory, it's now possible to register a Danish business, and sell seeds throughout the EU under the new Danish rules.
The Danish seed savers did this in consultation with the seed industry there. Because there appears to be no major objections coming from the seed industry, it should be possible to do this same reinterpretation across the EU, and I'm expecting this will happen eventually.
This is very big news concerning the EU seed law! I published some more details on my blog: bifurcatedcarrots.eu/2016/02/seed-law-update-2016/
Because Denmark is part of the EU, in theory, it's now possible to register a Danish business, and sell seeds throughout the EU under the new Danish rules.
The Danish seed savers did this in consultation with the seed industry there. Because there appears to be no major objections coming from the seed industry, it should be possible to do this same reinterpretation across the EU, and I'm expecting this will happen eventually.
This is very big news concerning the EU seed law! I published some more details on my blog: bifurcatedcarrots.eu/2016/02/seed-law-update-2016/
