Everything will change: the EU will amend many regulations affecting farmers in Hungary

Published 2024년 12월 12일

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The article highlights the significant changes in the Hungarian seed sector, with a focus on the new European Union regulation on plant and forestry propagating materials, expected to be published in 2023. This regulation marks a departure from the past, where member countries regulated seed industry requirements nationally, by providing a unified approach through a direct regulation. The regulation encompasses field plants, vegetable plants, and fruit and grape propagation materials, aiming to align with the Green Agreement's objectives and covering aspects like preserved varieties, heterogeneous materials, and voluntary seed exchange. Additionally, the article discusses the domestic seed market, providing insights into the seed availability for the spring season and the shifting trends towards sunflowers, soy, and sorghum, alongside challenges such as germination issues and toxic situations impacting crop choices.

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Gábor Polgár, the executive director of Vetőmag Szövetsek Szakmakzi Szervezet and Product Council, in his presentation at the Portfolio Agricultural Sector 2024 conference, reminded that the last legislative change affecting the Hungarian seed sector was due in 2004, when Hungary joined the European Union. The basis of the original common regulation dates back to the 1950s and 1960s, when the then European Economic Community developed the system of rules based on which the requirements for placing the most important and regulated plant species on the market are determined in directives; and these directives are further regulated by the member countries in accordance with their own national legal systems either in laws or regulations. Since then, of course, the world has changed a lot: testing opportunities have improved, the system of requirements has changed, the range of species has expanded and the guidelines have also been constantly modified, but the fact that the ...

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