S.L. 427.93 Art. 14Seed database.

(1) For the purposes of Article 48 of Regulation (EC)

889/2008, the directorate responsible for plant protection shall be responsible for establishing, managing and updating of a computerised database for the listing of the varieties for which seed or seed potatoes obtained by the organic production methods are available in Malta.

(2) Registration of the varieties of seed or seed potatoes produced by the organic production methods shall follow the provisions laid down in Article 49(1) and Article 50(1) of Regulation

(EC) 889/2008.

(3) Any seed variety which has not been registered in the database shall be considered as unavailable and shall not be used by organic operators in Malta.

(4) The database shall be updated for each species or group of species cultivated in Malta, every three months.

(5) The manager of the database may, with the approval of the competent authority refuse a supplier’s application for registration or delete a previously accepted registration if the supplier does not comply with the requirements set out in these regulation, the Council Regulation or Regulation (EC) 889/2008.

(6) For each registered variety, the information provided shall at least include the information set out in Article 51 of Regulation

(EC) 889/2008.

(7) A supplier shall be charged a fee for registering information in the database: OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS Provided that the fee shall be approved by the competent authority and published in the Gazette.

(8) The information in the database shall be made available online and free of charge, to the users of seed or seed potatoes and to the public:

Provided that the seed database manager shall every December notify the users referred to in this sub-regulation, the procedures in place for extracting the information.