Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division: Registered Files, EEC Registration Trials for UK Plant Varieties (EJ Series)

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Reference: MAF 454
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division: Registered Files, EEC Registration Trials for UK Plant Varieties (EJ Series)
Description:

The series contains registered files (EJ series) of the Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division, EEC Registration Trials for UK Plant Varieties, and covers UK involvement in the maintenance of national lists of varieties of agricultural and vegetable species eligible for certification and marketing. The compilation and maintenance of such lists was a requirement placed on member states by EC directives.

The files cover policy on the setting up and organisation of a national system of testing and trials; preparation of legislation to implement the EC directives and regulations; compilation of the national lists; minutes and papers from various committees and working groups set up to organise and administer the system, and consultations with interested organisations.
Date: 1971-2007
Related material:

Registered files of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants: MAF 404
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: EJ
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division, 1965-1989
Physical description: 176 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Custodial history: The records were held by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) until 200l, when the department was renamed as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Accumulation dates: Series opened in 1971
Selection and destruction information: These files were selected according to The National Archives Acquisition Policy 2.2.2.1
Accruals: This series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division was established in 1965 following the passing of the Plant Variety and Seeds Act 1964. This division was responsible for all aspects of work relating to plant breeders rights, species lists and catalogues, seed quality and liaison with the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, the Official Seed Testing Station, and the National Seed Development Organisation Ltd.

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