Bad-Seed-Law

gm Trust the French.

Elegran

Eugenics will probably be next on the EU agenda. No breeding without a cerificate, only issued to those on an approved list. (to be added to the list, apply in triplicate, enclosing a blank cheque, or a Direct Debit mandate)

Gosh I read the title and thought we were talking Eugenics!
Yet another example of Big Brother?
BTW love the title ‘Policy Officer on Seed and Reproductive Material’ sounds vaguely naughty!

Bit by bit they are taking away people's rights.

As well as the reduction in biodiversity which could result from this, there have been allegations of a conflict of interest at the heart of the plans:
(I have condensed this, but it can be found here )"Madame Isabelle Clément-Nissou, sent by the French Government to DG SANCO, is now a ‘Policy Officer on Seed and Reproductive Material’ working to support the drafting of future legislation on the Marketing of Seed and Plant Propagating Material.

She was actually sent on behalf of GNIS (Groupement National Interprofessionnel des Semences) Despite its public role, this is a privately funded lobby group run by and staunchly defending the interests of the seed industry. The fact that this organisation has been entrusted to a public service does not make it a “national, regional or local public administration or an IGO”.

The fact that France has largely given away the direction of its seed policy to industry is problematic, but this situation should not be allowed to negatively influence the drafting of EU legislation."

The seed growers are very aggressive in protecting their profits - my daughter in NZ can't get some seeds to germinate because the growers have made sure they are infertile, so she has to buy seedlings from them.
Don't you just love big business?

oops!

www.avaaz.org/en/petition/We_dont_accept_this_Let_us_keep_our_seeds_EU/?pv=0

There's also an avaaz petition

I've signed the Avaaz petition, but can't get it to paste on here for some reason.