European Regulation (EU) 2018/848 defines the conditions for notification (article 13).

“The supplier of the organic heterogeneous material provides the competent authorities with a file (contact details of the applicant; the species and name of the organic heterogeneous material; description of the main agronomic and phenotypic characteristics…, selection methods, … country of production and the parental material used;… the veracity of the elements provided…) and a representative sample.

This notification is sent by registered letter, or by any other means of communication accepted by official bodies, with acknowledgment of receipt.

Three months after the date appearing on the acknowledgment of receipt, provided that no request for additional information has been made and no formal refusal has been made to the supplier on the grounds that the file is incomplete or incomplete. in the event of a breach within the meaning of Article 3, point 57), the responsible official body is deemed to have acknowledged receipt of the notification and its content.

After having acknowledged receipt of the notification, implicitly or expressly, the responsible official body may proceed to include the notified heterogeneous biological material on the list. This inclusion on the list does not incur any costs for the supplier.

The inclusion on the list of biological heterogeneous material shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the other Member States and to the Commission.

Such biological heterogeneous material meets the requirements set out in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 3. “

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1189 specifies the content of the notification file.

The French ministry in charge of agriculture has delegated to GEVES the receipt of the notification file and the verification of the conformity of the elements provided in the file. The order relating to the notification procedure, dated February 2, 2022, was published on February 11.

• a file bringing together information defining organic heterogeneous material.
• and a representative sample of organic heterogeneous material.

The application form is available here.

The file must be sent to GEVES at the following address: Notification of organic heterogeneous material

GEVES  25 rue Georges Morel – CS 90024

49071 Beaucouzé cedex

France

Sending by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt is recommended. Sending by email is also possible to the following address: notification.mhb@geves.fr In this case, GEVES returns an acknowledgment of receipt of the request by email.

At the same time, the applicant sends a sample of reproductive material (delivery addresses and sample size are specified in this document). This plant material must comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 relating to protective measures against organisms harmful to plants and other European or French provisions concerning quarantine organisms and regulated non-quarantine organisms.

The instruction concerns the verification of the acceptability of the name and the completeness of the notification. GEVES will call on the Intersections Commission dedicated to Organic Agriculture (CISAB) of the CTPS and experts, those from the DUS commission for the species.

For any request for information, an email address is available:  notification.mhb@geves.fr

Reminder of access: notification file and seed addresses.