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Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette

Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.

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March 2024 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition March 2024

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February 2024 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition February 2024

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January 2024 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition January 2024

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December 2023 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition December 2023

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November 2023 Seeds Gazette

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October 2023 Seeds Gazette

Special edition October 2023

September 2023 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition September 2023

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August 2023 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition August 2023

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July 2023 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition July 2023

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June 2023 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition June 2023

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May 2023 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition May 2023

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April 2023 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition April 2023

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March 2023 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition March 2023

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February 2023 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition February 2023

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January 2023 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition January 2023

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Details

Each edition of the Gazette includes:

  • appeals and tribunal decisions
  • applications for additions to the List and to become a maintainer
  • withdrawal of applications
  • proposed, approved and changed names
  • proposed additions and refusals
  • proposals and decisions on maintainers
  • proposed deletions and deletions
  • amendments to previous Gazettes

Special edition

A full national list is published monthly as a special edition of the Gazette. It specifies all varieties by species, currently on the UK National Lists and includes details of maintainers and agents.

From 1 July 2023, the special edition will contain:

  • the retained EU rights (tab 6)
  • the details of the holders of rights (tab 9)

Archived editions

Check the National Archives for editions of the Seed Gazette from 2020 to 2022.

Get help

If you need access to older copies of the Gazette, please contact the PVS Helpdesk: pvs.helpdesk@apha.gov.uk.

For help with retained EU plant variety rights, email the taskforce team: EUPVRtransferUKPBR@apha.gov.uk

Published 31 January 2020
Last updated 14 March 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added the March 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  2. Added the February 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  3. Added the January 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  4. Added the December Seeds Gazette 2023 and the December Special Edition 2023.

  5. Special edition for November 2023 has been removed due to it containing incorrect data.

  6. Added the November 2023 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  7. Added the October 2023 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  8. Added the September 2023 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  9. Added the August 2023 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  10. Uploaded the 'July 2023 Seeds Gazette' and 'Special edition July 2023' Open Document Spreadsheets.

  11. Uploaded the 'June 2023 Seeds Gazette' and 'Special edition June 2023' Open Document Spreadsheets.

  12. Uploaded the 'May 2023 Seeds Gazette' and 'Special edition May 2023' spreadsheets.

  13. Added the April 2023 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  14. Added the March 2023 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  15. Added the February 2023 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  16. Added Seeds Gazette and Special Edition for January 2023.

  17. Added Seeds Gazette and Special Edition for December 2022.

  18. Added Seeds Gazette and Special Edition for November 2022.

  19. Added Seeds Gazette and Special Edition for October 2022.

  20. Added Seeds Gazette and Special Edition for September 2022.

  21. Added Seeds Gazette and Special Edition for August 2022.

  22. Added Seeds Gazette and Special Edition for July 2022.

  23. Added Seeds Gazette and Special Edition for June 2022.

  24. Added Seeds Gazette and Special Edition for May 2022.

  25. Added Seeds Gazette and Special Edition for April 2022.

  26. Added Seeds Gazette and Special Edition for March 2022.

  27. Added the seeds gazette for February 2022.

  28. Added the Seeds Gazette for December 2021, January 2022 and February 2022. Added the the special edition for February 2022.

  29. Added the Seeds Gazette and the special edition for November 2021.

  30. Added an updated version of the special edition for October 2021.

  31. Added the Seeds Gazette and the Special Edition for October 2021.

  32. Added August and September 2021 gazettes and special editions.

  33. Added July 2021 gazette and special edition.

  34. Added the Seeds Gazette and the Special Edition for June 2021

  35. Added May 2021 gazette and special edition.

  36. Added April 2021 gazette and special edition.

  37. Added March 2021 gazette and special edition.

  38. Added February 2021 gazette and special edition.

  39. Added the gazette for January 2021.

  40. Added special edition January 2021 gazette.

  41. Added special edition November 2020 gazette.

  42. Added the December 2020 Seeds Gazette.

  43. Published Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette: November 2020.

  44. Added September 2020 gazette and special edition.

  45. Added August gazette edition and 2020 special edition number 2.

  46. Published Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette: July 2020.

  47. Published Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette for June 2020.

  48. Published plant varieties and seeds gazette for May 2020.

  49. Published plant varieties and seeds gazette for April 2020.

  50. Published Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette for March 2020.

  51. Updated special edition 2020/1

  52. Published Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette: special edition 2020/1

  53. Published Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette: February 2020

  54. First published.