A FAQ guide providing a summary of key topics such as Plant Breeders' Rights, Marketing in GB and DUS Testing.

PVS FAQ Guide

Summarises the marketing requirements for the following crop groups: Agricultural Seed, Seed Potatoes, Vegetable Seed, Fruit Plant Seeds, Ornamental Species Seed & Forest Seed.

Marketing Equivalence and Varietal Requirements for Movements of Seed

The powers under which this authorisation is made can be found in Annex 1.

Authorisation for the marketing of seed and other plant propagating material in Great Britain which has been produced in an EU Member State, Iceland, Norway or Switzerland.

Agricultural, vegetable and ornamental species and types where the UK has DUS testing capability (including amenity grasses)

DUS Tested Species

You can find information on moving seed from GB to NI on this page in our Northern Ireland section.

Step-by-Step Guide to Move Seed from GB to NI

You can find links below to all published Provisional Common Framework Protocols

Provisional Common Framework Protocols