OBJECTIVE : the proposed consolidated version of Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29
September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species forms part
of a much larger programme of consolidation of the provisions on seeds and propagating material
for agriculture, horticulture and forestry. It aims at legislative consolidation. The existing
directives will be replaced by one new one which will leave their substance untouched but will
assemble them into a single text, with only the formal amendments required by the operation
itself. This codified text will serve as a basis for future legislative developments in this field.
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