Seed and Variety Circulation Law.

The Law determines principles for seed and variety circulation in Latvia. Its purpose is to protect consumers of seed from the use of poor quality seed for sowing; and to govern the circulation of varieties of agricultural crops, vegetables, fruit trees and berry bushes. The Law applies to the species of agricultural crops and vegetables which are referred to in the laws and regulations regarding growing and marketing of seed; and the species of fruit trees and berry bushes which are referred to in the laws and regulations regarding circulation of propagating material of fruit trees and berry bushes. Only Chapter V.1 of this Law applies to the species of fruit trees and berry bushes. The State Plant Protection Service shall post on its website information regarding the registered persons which during the last two years have submitted the application for the certification of seeds by indicating the name and legal address of the legal person or the given name and surname of the natural person and also the code, type of activity and telephone number of the seed grower. The Latvian Catalogue of Plant Varieties is a list of plant varieties, the seed of varieties included in which may be certified or examined as standard seed, seed of conservation variety or seed of vegetable varieties developed for growing under particular conditions and marketed in accordance with the laws and regulations regarding growing and marketing of seed and also with the regulations regarding the recognition of a conservation variety or vegetable variety developed for growing under particular conditions and seed circulation. The State Plant Protection Service shall take the decision to include a variety in the Catalogue or delete it therefrom, as well as to make other amendments to the Catalogue. The State Plant Protection Service in accordance with the laws and regulations regarding the formation of the Catalogue shall publish in the official gazette Latvijas Vēstnesis information regarding the decisions taken.