BELGIUM
The authorities of the regions are responsible for approving the national regulations for seed control and certification. In each region there is a regulating body for variety registration, field inspection, sampling, seed testing, post control and issuance of certificates for the following species :
- Cereal including maize
- Fodder plants (grasses, legumes and others)
- Oil and Fibre species
- Beet
- Vegetables
- Seed potatoes.
The Agricultural Support and Product Quality Division of the Agency for Agriculture and Fisheries is the official regulatory body with the responsibility for official seed certification in the Flemish Region.
The "Direction de la Qualité et du Bien-être animal" is the official regulatory body with the responsibility for official seed certification in the Walloon Region.
More detailed information are available at the following website addresses :
www2.vlaanderen.be/ned/sites/landbouw
https://agriculture.wallonie.be/productions-vegetales
Organisation
Flemish Region:
Agentschap Landbouw en Zeevisserij
Afdeling Landbouwsteun en Productkwaliteit
Walloon Region:
Service public de Wallonie (SPW)
Département du Développement, de la Ruralité, des Cours d’eau et du Bien-être animal
Direction de la Qualité et du Bien-être animal
Address
Flemish Region:
AGENTSCHAP LANDBOUW EN ZEEVISSERIJ
Afdeling Landbouwsteun en Productkwaliteit
Koning Albert II-laan 15 bus 360
B-1210 BRUSSEL
Tel. : +32 2 214 48 48
Walloon Region:
Service public de Wallonie
agriculture ressources naturelles environnement
Département du Développement, de la Ruralité, des Cours d’eau et du Bien-être animal
Direction de la Qualité et du Bien-être animal
14 Chaussée de Louvain, 5000 Namur
Tel. : +32 (0) 81 64 96 17
Fax : +32 (0) 81 64 95 44
Head (name)
Ruben FONTAINE
ruben.fontaine@lv.vlaanderen.be
Head (phone)
+32 2 214 48 48
Other contacts
Expert Accreditation, Phytosanitary and Quality Control Plant (Flemish region)
Ann VAN ESSCHE
Ann.VanEssche@lv.vlaanderen.be
Phone : +32 479 99 29 37
Sector responsible for seeds (Flemish region)
Dorien VANHOOF
Dorien.VanHoof@lv.vlaanderen.be
Phone : +32 479 98 34 82
Director of Quality Division (Walloon region)
Emmanuelle ESCARNOT
emmanuelle.escarnot@spw.wallonie.be
Attachée qualifiée, responsable certification semences et plants agricoles (Walloon region)
Caroline SCHOLLAERT
caroline.schollaert@spw.wallonie.be
Phone : + 32 (0)81 64 96 14