Greater diversity of seeds available for sale

Until then, only seeds of a variety listed in the Official Catalog of Cultivated Plant Species and Varieties could be marketed.

Such exchanges or sales of seed of varieties in the public domain shall be limited to non-professional users who will not commercially exploit the variety.

The placing on the market of seed shall entail compliance with:

• health and quality rules, germination rate, packaging and labeling...
• and the common law provisions of the Consumer Code (personal safety and health, fair trading and consumer protection).