The purpose of variety registration is to provide growers, processors, retailers and government a means of oversight to ensure that health and safety requirements are met and that information related to the identity of the variety is available to regulators to prevent fraud. Variety registration aims at protecting the buyer of the seed/young plants/harvested material by providing the basic assurance that the starting material used conforms to the official variety description. CB. 2.1.1 When seeds or propagation A document (e.g. empty seed Minor This control point refers to a national/regional legal requirement. IF material have been purchased in package or plant passport or Must the past 24 months, is there packing list or invoice) that states legislation exists, the NTWG shall evidence that guarantees they as a minimum variety name, batch make reference to these legal have been obtained in number, propagation material requirements. compliance with variety vendor, and, where available, registration laws (in the case additional information on seed mandatory variety registration quality (germination, genetic purity, exists in the respective country)? physical purity, seed health, etc.) shall be available. Material coming from nurseries that have GLOBALG.A.P. Plant Propagation Material, equivalent or GLOBALG.A.P. recognized certification are considered compliant. CB. 2.1.2 Has the propagation material When producers use registered Minor This control point refers to a used been obtained in varieties or rootstock, there are Must national/regional legal requirement. IF accordance to applicable written documents available on legislation exists, the NTWG shall
The purpose of variety registration is to provide growers, processors, retailers and government a means of oversight to ensure that health and safety requirements are met and that information related to the identity of the variety is available to regulators to prevent fraud. Variety registration aims at protecting the buyer of the seed/young plants/harvested material by providing the basic assurance that the starting material used conforms to the official variety description. CB. 2.1.1 When seeds or propagation material have been purchased in the past 24 months, is there evidence that guarantees they have been obtained in compliance with variety registration laws (in the case mandatory variety registration exists in the respective country)? A document (e.g. empty seed package or plant passport or packing list or invoice) that states as a minimum variety name, batch number, propagation material vendor, and, where available, additional information on seed quality (germination, genetic purity, physical purity, seed health, etc.) shall be available. Material coming from nurseries that have GLOBALG.A.P. Plant Propagation Material, equivalent or GLOBALG.A.P. recognized certification are considered compliant. Minor Must This control point refers to a national/regional legal requirement. IF legislation exists, the NTWG shall make reference to these legal requirements. CB. 2.1.2 Has the propagation material used been obtained in accordance to applicable When producers use registered varieties or rootstock, there are written documents available on Minor Must This control point refers to a national/regional legal requirement. IF legislation exists, the NTWG shall