eprintid: 39850
rev_number: 21
eprint_status: archive
userid: 24693
dir: disk0/00/03/98/50
datestamp: 2021-05-19 08:30:35
lastmod: 2022-02-16 12:30:56
status_changed: 2021-05-21 08:14:31
type: tool
metadata_visibility: show
doclang: en
country: IT
projects: eu-liveseed
projects: eu-liveseed-tool
projects: it
seriesno: 37
budget: 0
projectid: ofk
docurl: https://www.liveseed.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/PA37_Farm-saved-seed-what-rules.pdf
altloc: https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/39850
publicfulltext: TRUE
creators_name: Petitti, Matteo
creators_name: Bocci, Riccardo
creators_id: matteo.petitti@semirurali.net
creators_id: riccardo.bocci@semirurali.net
corp_creators: Rete Semi Rurali
title: Farm saved seed: what are the rules? (Liveseed Practice abstract)
ispublished: pub
subjects: 4plant
subjects: 7biodiversity
subjects: 7plantbreed
subjects: 8policy
subjects: regulation
abstract: Practical recommendations
When you are re-sowing your own seeds please be aware that:
• Conservation varieties, landraces, heritage varieties, heterogeneous materials are in public domain, so no royalties are due;
• Not all modern varieties that are listed in the EU common variety catalogue are protected by Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR), please check out on the CPVO database;
• Farmers, like breeders, can use protected varieties for on farm breeding;
• If you are a small farm, according to art. 7 reg. 1768/95, you are exempted to pay the royalties (see Figure).
date: 2020-05
date_type: published
series: Liveseed Practice Abstract
institution: Rete Semi Rurali
www.semirurali.net
www.rsr.bio
teaser: Farm saved seed (FSS) as a mean to get obtain organic seed for the next sowing.
tool_type: 3
tool_problem: According to LIVESEED’s survey on organic seed use (LIVESEED booklet "The State of Organic Seed in Europe"),organic farming still relies on farm saved seed (FSS) as a means to obtain organic seed for the next sowing.
However, the rules on FSS are not always clear. May farmers reproduce their own seeds? For which crops? Do
they have to pay royalties on FSS?
tool_solution: Farm Saved Seed (FSS) is regulated by Council Regulation n. 2100/94 (art. 14 and 15) and Commission Regulation 1768/95 with regards to the definition of the "farmers’ exemption" (see Fig. 1). In practice, farmers are allowed to save and
re-sow protected varieties of only certain species, but then they have to pay the so-called "equitable remuneration" that could be on an individual basis or derived by a contract between farmers’ and rights holders’ organizations.
full_text_status: public
pagerange: 1-1
accessed_on_date: 2021-05
contact_email: matteo.petitti@semirurali.net
conf_subm: not_subm
voa3r_agrovoc_lang: en
voa3r_agrovoc_lang: en
voa3r_agrovoc_value_string: seed storage
voa3r_agrovoc_value_string: seed certification
voa3r_agrovoc_value_uri: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6938
voa3r_agrovoc_value_uri: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6929
fp7_project: yes
fp7_project_id: 727230
access_rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
citation:          {Tool}   Farm saved seed: what are the rules? (Liveseed Practice abstract).          Creator(s): Petitti, Matteo and Bocci, Riccardo.  Issuing Organisation(s): Rete Semi Rurali.  Liveseed Practice Abstract, no. 37. (2020)    
document_url: /id/eprint/39850/1/PA37_Farm-saved-seed-what-rules.pdf