Legal basis and guidelines for Bundessortenamt responsibilities and functions
- Plant Breeders’ Rights Act (SortSchG)
- Seed Act (SaatG)
- Species List in the Seed Act Ordinance (SaatArtVerzV)
- Operations Ordinance for the Federal Plant Variety Office (BSAVfV)
- Seed Regulation on agricultural species and vegetable species (SaatV)
- Seed Potato Ordinance (PflKartV)
- Vegetative Propagation Material Ordinance for Vines (RebPflV)
- Conservation varieties ordinance relating to the certification of conservation varieties and marketing of conservation varieties of seed and plant material (ErhaltungsV)
- Conservation Seed Mixtures Ordinance (ErMiV)
- Seed Records Ordinance (SaatAufzV)
- German Planting Material Ordinance (AGOZV)