Seeds Marketing Act.

An Act to regulate the authorization of seeds, planting material and new plant varieties. They must be first and foremost homogenous, distinguishable, constand and new. The Act contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms therein employed such as, inter alia, "seeds", "certified seeds", "species", "authorization of seeds", "marketing", "variety". Article 3 lists the competent federal and regional authorities. Seeds and planting material may be marketed only if authorized according to this Law. Part 2 governs the procedure for authorizing seeds and planting materials which must comply with the conditions listed in article 30. Moreover, while the packing and labelling requirements are contained in article 21, Part 3 indicates the tasks of the Federal Office of Seeds. Finally, the Act deals with enforcement, fees, penalties, entry into force and repeal of existing provisions, and transitional and final provisions. The Act consists of 65 articles divided into 5 Parts.