On 26 June 2023 at 09:00-11:30 CEST

, on Online Teams-Meeting

, FiBL Germany, IFOAM Organics Europe, LiveSeeding-WP4/Improve organic seed market transparency

organise a capacity building  webinar on “Conditions for the use of ‘plant reproductive material authorised in accordance with point 1.8.6’”. It is possible to register at: https://survey.fibl.org/index.php/514456?lang=en

This capacity building event is aimed at national authorities and control bodies across the EU. The exchange with authorities and control bodies of several EU Member States so far has shown that there are major uncertainties regarding Article 1.8.6. of the Regulation (EU) 2018/848. Article 1.8.6 concerns plant reproductive material produced from non-organic plant reproductive material that can be marketed as organic plant reproductive material under certain conditions (so-called “plant reproductive material authorised in accordance with point 1.8.6.”).

According to the article, the competent authorities of the EU Member States have to report to the European Commission on the authorisations granted for this material by 30 June each year, for the first time by 30 June 2023. Thus, the capacity building event is intended to address questions, clear out uncertainties and facilitate the exchange between EU Member States and with the European Commission regarding the legal act.

Source: LiveSeeding