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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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From:
Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published:
31 January 2020
Last updated:
23 September 2026
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  1. Added the September 2026 special edition.

  2. Updated Special edition August 2026 HTML

  3. Added the July 2026 special edition.

  4. Added the June 2026 special edition.

  5. Added the May 2026 special edition.

  6. Added the April 2026 special edition.

  7. Added the March 2026 special edition.

  8. Added 'Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette Special edition January 2026'.

  9. Added the January 2026 special edition.

  10. Added the special editions for November and December 2025.

  11. Attached September and October 2025 Seeds Gazette.

  12. Added the July 2025 and August 2025 special editions.

  13. Added the June 2025 special edition.

  14. Seeds Gazette updates are now found on the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) website. May 2025 special edition added to GOV.UK.

  15. Added the March 2025 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  16. Added the March 2025 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  17. Added the February 2025 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  18. Added the January 2025 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  19. Added the December 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  20. Added the November 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  21. Added the October 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  22. Added the September 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  23. Added the August 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  24. Added the July 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  25. Added the June 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  26. Added the May 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  27. Added the April 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

  28. Added the March 2024 Seeds Gazette and special edition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  54. Added the seeds gazette for February 2022.

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

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

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

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

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

  60. Added July 2021 gazette and special edition.

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

  62. Added May 2021 gazette and special edition.

  63. Added April 2021 gazette and special edition.

  64. Added March 2021 gazette and special edition.

  65. Added February 2021 gazette and special edition.

  66. Added the gazette for January 2021.

  67. Added special edition January 2021 gazette.

  68. Added special edition November 2020 gazette.

  69. Added the December 2020 Seeds Gazette.

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

  71. Added September 2020 gazette and special edition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  78. Updated special edition 2020/1

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

  80. Published Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette: February 2020

  81. First published.

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Special edition September 2026

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Special edition August 2026

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Special edition July 2026

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Special edition June 2026

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Special edition May 2026

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Special edition April 2026

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Special edition March 2026

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Special edition February 2026

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Special edition January 2026

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Special edition December 2025

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Special edition November 2025

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October 2025 Seeds Gazette

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September 2025 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition August 2025

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Special edition July 2025

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Special edition June 2025

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Special edition May 2025

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April 2025 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition April 2025

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March 2025 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition March 2025

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February 2025 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition February 2025

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January 2025 Seeds Gazette

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Special edition January 2025

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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

Earlier editions of the Seeds Gazette are available on the National Archives.

Get help

If you need access to older copies of the Gazette, 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.

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