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Transcript of THE “OECD FOREST SEED AND PLANT SCHEME”
Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries 1
OECD SCHEME FOR THE CONTROL OF FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL MOVING IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE
FAO Committee on Forestry - March 2007
THE “OECD FOREST SEED AND PLANT SCHEME”
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Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries2
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Intergovernmental body (30 Members)
• Some activities open to non-Members, e.g. within the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate, the Agricultural Codes and Schemes Unit deals with:
“TRACTOR TESTING CODES” “FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SCHEME”
“OECD SEED SCHEMES” for agricultural seed, and
“OECD FOREST SEED AND PLANT SCHEME”
Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries3
OECD CERTIFICATION: BASIC PRINCIPLES
Official
Implemented by National Authorities
(= Certification Agencies)
Common harmonised rules and procedures
for production and control
Promotes good quality/controlled-origin seed
Facilitates international trade
Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries4
THE OECD FOREST SEED AND PLANT SCHEME
Established in 1967
Certification tool to facilitate international trade in forest reproductive material
Forest seeds or plants collected, processed, raised, labelled and distributed in a manner that ensures their conformity to their identity
‘quality guaranteed’
‘of controlled origin (or source)’
Certified material intended for use in a variety of forestry functions:
timber production, erosion control, environmental criteria, landscaping, producing ornamental trees, etc.
Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries5
AUSTRIABELGIUMBURKINA FASO (applicant country)CANADADENMARKFINLANDFRANCEGEORGIA (applicant country)GERMANYHUNGARYIRELANDITALYMADAGASCARNETHERLANDSNORWAYPORTUGALSLOVAK REPUBLICROMANIARWANDASPAINSWEDENSWITZERLANDTURKEYUGANDA (applicant country)UNITED STATES
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE OECD FOREST SEED SCHEME–March 2007
Applicant country
Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries6
RULES AND PROCEDURES
Forest seeds and plants produced and officially controlled according to COMMON HARMONISED PROCEDURES:
Approved basic material - Regions of provenance - National Lists/Catalogues
4 categories of reproductive material (to be amended in 2007)
Inspection during collection, processing, storage
Separated and identified lots = sealing and labelling
Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries7
BENEFITS FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE OECD SCHEME
Using world-wide recognised official labels
and certificates – Facilitate international trade
Making national forest seed resources better known
(OECD database / Web)
Bringing domestic certification performance
to international level
Regular exchanges between Authorities of participating countries and observers (ISF, ISTA, FAO…)
Elaboration of international rules and procedures for FRM
TWO MAIN CATEGORIES OF FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL (FRM) UNDER THE OECD SCHEME
"SOURCE-IDENTIFIED " FRM: the geographic origin of the forest stands (i.e., the source of the seeds) is known
– YELLOW LABEL
"SELECTED" FRM: from stands located in well-delineated regions of provenance, which have proven to be above average – GREEN LABEL________________________________________________________________
More « advanced » categories to rediscussed from 2007: "from UNTESTED SEED ORCHARDS"
which can produce seed of improved quality – Future « QUALIFIED » category? "TESTED" FRM: genetically improved, high-quality material with selected characteristics (growth, pest
resistance, adaptability…).
National catalogues of approved basic material
FOREST STANDS (+ SEED ORCHARDS, CLONES, etc.)
listed in national catalogues
as eligible for production of OECD certified reproductive material
OECD database total all countries: 250 forest tree species,
covering an area of 13 million hectares
Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries10
IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR OECD FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL
CERTIFICATE
-- established by the National Authority
-- one certificate per lot
-- used by Authorities, custom officers, seed sellers and buyers
LABELS -- affixed to each bag, cannot be opened without damages
-- identify the FRM from the company to final users
-- easy to keep/check in case of dispute
OECD LABELS: "SOURCE-IDENTIFIED" AND "SELECTED"
Source-Identified
(recto) (verso)
Selected
(recto only)
Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries12
DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE OECD FOREST SEED AND PLANT SCHEME
Update the Rules of Procedures = Revision in progress
New forestry production and tree improvement techniques
It is more difficult for “advanced“ material (divergences on GM issues) -- to be rediscussed in future years
Harmonisation with other existing systems (E.U…)
Admit new participating countries into the Scheme
Update and develop the database on approved basic material (initiated in 2004)
Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries13
OECD Forest Seed & Plant Scheme WEBSITE www.oecd.org/agr/forest
DATABASE ON APPROVED BASIC MATERIAL (stands areas…)
= Search by Tree species and/or by Country
Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries14
OECD certification rules,
National Authorities contact,
Access to database… …
www.oecd.org/agr/forest
THANK YOU!
Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries18
PRIVATE/PUBLIC COLLABORATION IN FOREST SEED CERTIFICATION
Various national situations
FRM producers = registered public & private bodiesOfficial National Lists/Catalogues = public & private stands (+ other materials)
OECD Certified seed: controlled “under the responsibility of the Designated Authority, at least by random checks during collection, processing, storage, raising, labelling and sealing…”Stand inspection “by a qualified person acting on behalf of the D.A…”
= Room for public/private collaboration in certification process where applicable and agreed by the Authority
Company records made available for official inspection
Certificates and labels issued by the Designated Authority