OECD Seed Schemes 2010: Rules and Regulations

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This document updates the OECD Seed Schemes. It replaces the previous version, the “2009 OECD Seed Schemes” (January 2009) and incorporates all the amendments agreed by the 2009 Annual Meeting, as adopted by the Committee for Agriculture in October 2009 and the OECD Council in November 2009.
The 2010 edition reflects the admission of Ukraine to the OECD Seed Schemes, as approved by the OECD Council in November 2009.
This edition also includes the Notification for the Extension of Japans’ participation in the Cereal and Maize & Sorghum Seed Schemes. Moreover, it includes the Notification of admission of two new eligible species to the Seed Schemes: Eragrostis tef (as requested by the United States) and Paspalum vaginatum (as requested by the United States).
In July 2008, the OECD Council decided to Delegate to the Committee for Agriculture the Authority to approve the technical amendments in annexes to the OECD Codes and Schemes [C(2008)120].
Following this decision, the Committee for Agriculture has approved the following amendments to the Seed Schemes: Adoption of the increases in seed lots sizes [TAD/CA(2008)17], Revision of the isolation distances for cotton seed [TAD/CA(2008)28], Addition of the Definitions of Varietal Purity and Identity [TAD/CA(2008)29], Amendment of two provisions of the post-control Rules [TAD/CA(2008)30] and the Amendment on the Use of Variety Synonyms in International Trade [TAD/CA(2009)7)].