OECD SCHEMES

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• OECD SCHEMES
• FOR THE VARIETAL CERTIFICATION
• OR THE CONTROL
• OF SEED
• MOVING IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE

CWANA INTERNATIONAL SEED TRADE CONFERENCE 29
Nov.-1 Dec. 2005, Antalya, TURKEY
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THE OECD SEED SCHEMES IN BRIEF

• A globally-recognised certification instrument
  for international (and domestic) seed trade
• 55 participating countries (end 2005)
• 7 schemes by groups of species
• 193 species, 36 000 varieties eligible for seed
  certification (end 2005)
• Increasing volume of seed certified (540,000 tons
  in 2003/04)

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COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE OECD SEED SCHEMES
2005
ALBANIA (pending) ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELG
IUM BOLIVIA BRAZIL BULGARIA CANADA CHILE CROATIA
CYPRUS CZECH REP. DENMARK EGYPT
ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE HUNGARY ICE
LAND IRAN IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN KENYA KYRGYZS
TAN (pending) LATVIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG
MEXICO MOROCCO NETHERLANDS NEW
ZEALAND NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIAN
FEDERATION SERBIA MONTENEGRO SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA S
OUTH AFRICA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TUNISIA TURKE
YUGANDA UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES URUGUAY ZIMB
ABWE
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What are the main tools?

• Participating countries agree on harmonised
  procedures for production and control throughout
  the seed multiplication chain
• Seed Categories
• Varietal identity (trueness to type)
• Minimum varietal purity standards
• Multiplication in another country (increasingly
  used)
• Post-control plots
• Samples and laboratory analysis

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OECD LABELS
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WHATS NEW? (agreed Sept.05)

• KYRGYZSTAN and ALBANIA to join the Schemes end
  2005
• Interest from other countries China, India,
  Bosnia
• New Species added regularly (5 new herbage
  species in 2005)
• Hybrid Oilseed Rape revised standards
• Cereal seed Maximum Lot Size increased from 25 to
  30 tons from 1 Jan.06 (in discussion for
  Gramineaes)

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WHATS NEW?

• ACCREDITATION increasing private/public
  collaboration for Field Inspection and
  Seed Sampling, Testing and Labelling
• Certification of Herbage Seed Mixtures, Maize
  blends, Oilseed rape varietal associations
  recent rules for Hybrid Cotton
  Barcodes on seed labels to be authorized, etc

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WHATS NEW?

• Workshop on Seed Certification and Modern
  Biotechnology held in September 2005
• Lectures and discussions on Varietal purity
  Varietal identity Seed quality (Adv.
  Presence) Role of Government
• Working Group on Varietal Identity and Purity to
  be established mandate to be defined that will
  include GM seed issues
• 2006 Annual Meeting 9-14 August in Brazil

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Access to RULES OF THE OECD SEED SCHEMES,
LIST OF ELIGIBLE VARIETIES, GUIDELINES for
Field Inspection Control Plots,National
Authorities contact etc

• www.oecd.org/agr/seed