EC refers Poland to Court for not respecting the rules on conservation varieties of vegetable seeds

Today the European Commission decided to refer Poland to the European Court of Justice for failing to protect biodiversity and conserve "old" vegetable seed varieties. The Directive 2009/145/EC, on conservation varieties of vegetable seeds, requires introducing more simplified marketing requirements, than those used for vegetable seeds cultivated for intensive agricultural production. Poland did not adequately transpose the text and has thus failed to fulfil its obligations under the EU law.