Vegetable Seed (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 2389 of 2004).

The principal amendments made to the 2002 Regulations: (a) update references to amended EC legislation; (b) provide for Switzerland to be treated as a member State or an EEA State for the purpose of the 2002 Regulations, in accordance with Annex 6 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products; (c) allow the Secretary of State to vary the time in which a final test seed report is to be lodged; and (d) provide that, where there is a requirement for a consent to have been obtained in relation to seed of genetically modified varieties, a consent can be obtained either in accordance with Council Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release to the environment of genetically modified organisms or in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed.