Clifford Chance
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN POLISH SEED LAWS
28 March 2012
On 5 January, 2012 the President of the Republic of Poland submitted a new
bill which is to amend the existing Seed Act of 2003 ("Proposal"). The Seed Act
of 2003 regulates the issue of GMO seed registration and trade in Poland. The Proposal is to regulate the registration, production and marketing of seed and plant propagating material. The Chancellery of the President sought to amend the existing legislation after the President vetoed a different proposal submitted by the Polish government in August 2011 on the grounds that it infringed European Union regulations
on GMO.
The purpose of this client briefing is to provide a summary of the Proposal.
