The European Eunion wants to ban heirloom seeds! Please read and subscribe!

[Armadillo]

I know this is kinda political and thus off topic for this forum. But it hits us chileheads and gardeners to the core. So I ask the mods to allow it.

The European Union wants to ban heirloom seeds for farm and even private garden use. There will be a penalty if you use saved, shared or bartered seeds. Only big companies like Bayer or Monsanto will have the budget to legally certify their ( GMO-)seeds. Small companies' and private gardener's seeds will be uncertified and thus illegal! Please share and subscribe!

http://www.seedforall.org/de/offener-brief.html

 

[PHB]

Und wo ist dem englischen Original Text ?

Even if I do speak German, my level is not good enough to fully understand European Policies.

 

[compmodder26]

In the top right corner there is the option to view in english.

 

[PHB]

I read the text (in French) but I didn't see any reference to a European directive or regulation about biodiversity.

Do you have the legal source Armadillo ?

 

[Armadillo]

Here it is: http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/plant_propagation_material/review_eu_rules/docs/15042011_options_analysis_paper_en.pdf
It's not a law yet. It's the parliament discussion paper for a possibly coming law.


On page six you find this:
"The Lisbon Treaty qualifies agriculture as being of shared competence between the EU and its Member States. It is obvious, however, that to a very large extent all fields
of agricultural activity as well as ancillary activities upstream and downstream, have been regulated at the EU level. This means that legislation is predominantly a role for
the institutions of the European Union."
The member states have given up their sovereignity as democratic states to a union the citizens don't have the slightest influence on. Im starting to understand the U.S.
Second Amendment...