Regulation 3 Regulation 2 (interpretation)I1

after the definition of “the Common Catalogue Directive”, insert—

• ““conservation variety” means a landrace or plant variety of a species specified in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 that is naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion, and for these purposes—

  1. (a)

     “landrace” means a set of populations or clones of a plant species which are naturally adapted to the environmental conditions of their region; and

  2. (b)

     “genetic erosion” means loss of genetic diversity between and within populations or varieties of the same species over time or reduction of the genetic basis of a species due to human intervention or environmental change;”;

after the definition of “person affected”, insert—

• ““region of origin” means the region identified by the National Authorities when a conservation variety is accepted on to a National List as being the region in which the variety has historically been grown and to which it is naturally developed;”.