Production of fruit and vine seedlings material in the Republic of Croatia

U okviru Centra za sjemenarstvo i rasadničarstvo (nekada Zavod) pri Hrvatskoj agenciji za poljoprivredu i hranu kojeg je osnovala Vlada Republike Hrvatske 1998. godine kao nacionalno ovlašteno tijelo za nadzor i provođenje poslova iz područja sjemenarstva i rasadničarstva, nalazi se i Odjel za rasadničarstvo. Od početka svog djelovanja Odjel za rasadničarstvo provodi stručni nadzor i nadzor pod stručnom kontrolom nad proizvodnjom voćnog i loznog sadnog materijala, vodi evidenciju na nacionalnoj razini o matičnim stablima i trsovima za proizvodnju voćnog i loznog reprodukcijskog materijala te količinama proizvedenih voćnih sadnica i loznih cijepova prema vrstama, sortama, podlogama, kategorijama. Područje nadzora proizvodnje sadnog materijala i izdavanje certifikata provodi se prema Zakonu u sjemenu, sadnom materijalu i priznavanju sorti poljoprivrednog bilja (NN 110/21) i pratećim podzakonskim aktima.The Center (before the Institute) for Seed and Seedlings at the Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food, was established in 1998 by the Government of the Republic of Croatia as a national competent authority for seed and seedlings certification. Since the beginning of its activity Department for planting material has been carrying out official certification and certification under official supervision of fruit and vine planting material. Department for planting material has been keeping records of fruit and vine mother plants and the quantities of fruit seedlings and vine grafts produced at the national level. Those records are kept according to species, varieties, rootstocks, categories of planting materiala. Official certification including certification under official supervision is carried out according to Official Controls Regulations (The Law on Seeds, Planting Material and Registration of Agricultural Plant Varieties,Official Gazette 110/21and its accompanying by-laws