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Plant Varieties and Seeds

PVS FAQ Guide

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

PVS FAQ Guide

Marketing Equivalence and Varietal Requirements for Movements of Seed

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

Authorisations for Equivalence

Details of the formal recognition of EU member states, Switzerland and EEA countries as equivalent in the production of seed and other propagating material and the maintenance of varieties.

Authorisations for Equivalence

DUS Tested Species

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

DUS Tested Species

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

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

Provisional Common Framework Protocols

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

Provisional Common Framework Protocols