S.L. 433.27 Art. 1Citation and scope.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Seeds of Vegetable Landraces and Varieties Regulations.

(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission Directive 2009/145/EC providing for certain derogations for the acceptance for inclusion of vegetable landraces and varieties in national catalogues of varieties of vegetable species as provided for in the Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables Regulations, 2010 to ensure the sustainable use of such plant genetic resources through growing. Such derogation shall apply to the following:

(a) vegetable landraces and varieties which have been traditionally grown in particular localities and regions hereinafter referred to as "conservation in situ" and are threatened by genetic erosion hereinafter referred to as "conservation varieties"; and

(b) vegetable varieties with no intrinsic value for commercial crop production but solely developed for growing under particular pedological or agro-technical conditions hereinafter referred to as "varieties developed for growing under particular conditions", and consequently for marketing of seeds of such vegetable landraces and varieties.

(3) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission Implementing Directive 2013/45/EU amending Council Directives 2002/55/EC and 2008/72/EC and Commission Directive 2009/145/ EC as regards the botanical name of tomato.