draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Approval of the Procedures for Certification, Issuance and Cancellation of Certificates for Seeds and/or Planting Material and Forms of Certificates for Seeds and/or Planting Material, and Repealing Certain Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine" 

Protection of human health or safety (TBT); Quality requirements (TBT); Harmonization (TBT)

seeds and/or planting material 

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65.020.20 - Plant growing

Plant health

The draft Resolution is aimed at ensuring timely and high-quality certification of seeds and planting material, reducing the burden on business entities, ensuring the supply of quality seeds and planting material to the market,  ensuring the fulfilment of Ukraine's obligations under EU acquis to improve the conformity assessment procedure for seeds and planting material.The draft Resolution provides for determining:_x000D_ the procedure for conducting a set of measures aimed at defining the varietal and sowing qualities of seeds, issuing certificates for seeds and their cancellation;_x000D_ the procedure for certification of planting material of fruit, berry, nut, rare (medicinal, ornamental) crops, grapes and hops, issuance and cancellation of certificates for planting material;_x000D_ peculiarities of certification of seeds and planting material imported into the customs territory of Ukraine;_x000D_ conditions for concluding agreements on the provision of field assessment services between applicants (seed and/or planting entities) and directly with the certification auditor (agronomist-inspector), who acts as an independent expert;_x000D_ the requirement for the certification body to carry out a sample assessment of at least five percent of the work (crops or plantations for which the field assessment will be carried out);_x000D_ the obligation of a certification auditor (agronomist-inspector) acting as an independent expert to ensure confidentiality of information received during the performance of activities to determine the varietal qualities of seeds and planting material, independence from commercial and other interests of the seed and nursery business;_x000D_ personal responsibility of the certification auditor (agronomist-inspector) acting as an  independent expert for the accuracy of the information included in the issued field evaluation reports and rejection reports of seed crops and perennial plantings;_x000D_ the possibility for authorized seed producers to determine their sowing qualities;_x000D_ forms of certificates confirming varietal and sowing qualities of seeds;_x000D_ forms of certificates confirming varietal and commercial qualities of planting material;_x000D_ forms of applications for determination of varietal and sowing qualities of seeds,_x000D_ forms of applications for determination of varietal and commercial qualities of planting material;_x000D_ the possibility for authorized seed producers to determine their sowing qualities;_x000D_ validity periods of certificates for seeds and planting material._x000D_

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