Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 19 March 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effects of incremental costs for seed registration; and if he will make a statement.
The statutory fees relating to seeds registration are those charged by the national authorities in respect of costs reasonably incurred in carrying out official measures for the purposes of The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001, as amended.
Fees were last revised in May 2006 following a major redesign of the official measures. This resulted in estimated savings in overall costs to the industry of £1 million a year.
The fees are currently subject to review and consultation with interested parties. Consultation proposals include a mixture of increases, and decreases to existing fees, and take account of the industry's ability to pay.
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