#C/2026/02795EU agricultural plant variety catalogue update, Supplement A 2026/5
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This supplement updates the EU common catalogue of agricultural plant varieties with additions, changes, and deletions reported by Member States during April 2026. It covers crops such as sugar beet, fodder plants, oil and fibre plants, and cereals. Seed producers, plant breeders, farmers, and national variety authorities should check whether relevant varieties have been added, modified, or removed. The changes affect which listed varieties can be marketed under the EU catalogue system.
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Key Changes
- Updates the EU common catalogue of agricultural plant varieties based on Member State notifications from April 2026.
- Marks listed varieties as added, modified, or deleted in the consolidated catalogue.
- Covers multiple crop groups, including sugar beet, fodder plants, oil and fibre plants, and cereals.
Obligations
What this law requires
Seed producers and marketers must verify whether agricultural plant varieties they market were added, modified, or deleted in Supplement A 2026/5 before relying on EU common catalogue listing status.
National variety authorities must treat entries marked “add.” as new positions introduced into the EU common catalogue for the notified varieties covered by the supplement.
National variety authorities must treat entries marked “mod.” as replacing the corresponding indications in the consolidated version of the common catalogue.
National variety authorities and market participants must treat entries marked “del.” as deleted from the common catalogue, including all indications relating to those positions.