Plant varieties and seeds: provisional common framework
How the UK government and devolved governments propose to work together in policy areas covering plant varieties and seeds.
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This command paper sets out how the UK government and devolved governments propose to work together on:
- the intellectual property rights of plant breeders
- plant variety registration
- setting standards for marketing and certification of seed (and other plant propagating material) and ensuring that these standards are upheld
The provisional common framework has received ministerial approval from all 4 governments. It was laid in the UK Parliament to enable parliamentary scrutiny to begin.