Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette
Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.
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Details
Each edition of the Gazette includes:
- appeals and tribunal decisions
- applications for additions to the List and to become a maintainer
- withdrawal of applications
- proposed, approved and changed names
- proposed additions and refusals
- proposals and decisions on maintainers
- proposed deletions and deletions
- amendments to previous Gazettes
Special edition
A full national list is published monthly as a special edition of the Gazette. It specifies all varieties by species, currently on the UK National Lists and includes details of maintainers and agents.
From 1 July 2023, the special edition will contain:
- the retained EU rights (tab 6)
- the details of the holders of rights (tab 9)
Archived editions
Check the National Archives for editions of the Seed Gazette from 2020 to 2022.
Get help
If you need access to older copies of the Gazette, please contact the PVS Helpdesk: pvs.helpdesk@apha.gov.uk.
For help with retained EU plant variety rights, email the taskforce team: EUPVRtransferUKPBR@apha.gov.uk
Updates to this page
Last updated 13 December 2024 + show all updates
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Added the December 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.
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Updated special edition 2020/1
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Published Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette: special edition 2020/1
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Published Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette: February 2020
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