# Commission Directive 2008/62/EC of 20 June 2008 providing for certain derogations for acceptance of agricultural landraces and varieties which are naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion and for marketing of seed and seed potatoes of those landraces and varieties (Text with EEA relevance), Article 8: Region of origin

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. When a Member State accepts a conservation variety, it shall identify the region or regions in which the variety has historically been grown and to which it is naturally adapted, hereinafter ‘region of origin’. It shall take into account information from plant genetic resource authorities or from organisations recognised for that purpose by the Member States.
Where the region of origin is located in more than one Member States, it shall be identified by all Member States concerned by common accord.
2. The Member State or Member States performing the identification of the region of origin shall notify the identified region to the Commission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/62/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-62/article-8
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