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NAK Tuinbouw

NAK Tuinbouw, the Netherlands, 2016

Naktuinbouw (Netherlands Inspection Service for Horticulture) is an independent agency carrying out official inspection and certification tasks in horticultural seeds and plants, under accreditation and responsibility of the Dutch government. Naktuinbouw is an Autonomous Public Authority (APA) regulated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Naktuinbouw is the organisation in the Netherlands authorised to assess varieties of agricultural, floricultural, arboricultural and vegetable crops for distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS testing) for registration purposes and/or granting Plant Breeders’ Rights, both on Dutch an EU level.