#C/2026/02781EU Vegetable Variety Catalogue Supplement H 2026/4
AI-generated summary for informational purposes only. Not legal advice. See the original source for the authoritative text.
This supplement updates the EU common catalogue of vegetable varieties with additions, changes, and deletions reported by Member States during March 2026. The catalogue determines which registered vegetable varieties can be marketed across the EU and EEA under the relevant seed marketing rules. Seed producers, plant breeders, distributors, and agricultural compliance teams should check whether any varieties they sell, maintain, or source have been added, modified, or removed. The practical impact is mainly administrative: companies need to align labels, product lists, registrations, and market access checks with the updated catalogue.
AI-generated summary. May contain errors. Refer to official sources for legal decisions.
Key Changes
- Updates the EU common catalogue of vegetable varieties based on Member State notifications received from 1 March to 31 March 2026
- Marks catalogue entries as newly added, modified, or deleted
- Covers many vegetable species, including onions, leeks, garlic, celery, asparagus, beetroot, cabbages, peppers, melons, cucumbers, courgettes, and carrots
Obligations
What this law requires
Update internal variety compliance lists for vegetable species to incorporate all new positions marked “add.” in Supplement H 2026/4 of the EU common catalogue.
For catalogue entries marked “mod.”, replace the existing consolidated catalogue indications with the indications stated in this supplement.
For catalogue entries marked “del.”, remove the deleted position and all related indications from catalogue-based market access and product compliance records.
Where a maintainer code is not present in the consolidated catalogue, obtain the maintainer’s name and address from the authority listed for the relevant Member State or EFTA country before relying on that maintainer information.