PORTUGAL

The Direção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária (DGAV) is the official regulatory body with the responsibility for official seed certification in Portugal.

The seed control and certification regulations are laid down by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. There is a general regulation for seed and propagating material control and certification and several specific regulations :

• Cereals seed

• Fodder seed

• Oil and fibre seed

• Beet seed

• Vegetables Seed

• Seed Potatoes

More information is available at the following website address: https://www.dgav.pt/plantas/conteudo/sementes-plantas-e-variedades/sementes/

And for seed potatoes https://www.dgav.pt/plantas/conteudo/sementes-plantas-e-variedades/materiais-de-propagacao/batata-semente/

Organisation

Direção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária (DGAV)

Address

Direção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária
General Directorate for Food and Veterinary
Campo Grande, 50
1700-093 Lisboa, PORTUGAL