Libbynugget, I don’t know where you re, I assume in Europe somewhere, but we get this type of thing over here in the US of A all the time. Rumors get started where supposedly a gardener can’t even save their own seeds, maybe you have to tag all your animals, or you can’t keep backyard chickens anymore because of some law the federal government is passing. I put zero faith in those until I can see the proposed legislation and read it for myself.
If you do find the proposed legislation, look at the definitions and exemptions. You’ll quickly see for yourself that that stuff doesn’t apply to anyone other than the really big companies. Most small businesses and on down to individuals are exempt.
One of the classics here in the US of A was a Senate bill that was going to ban backyard chickens. I looked it up. That proposed law only applied to interstate commerce, it exempted small businesses and people keeping things for their own use, and it applied to CATTLE. It even has a very clear statement in it that it DID NOT apply to poultry. Yet people on this forum were getting all upset that the federal government that had no jurisdiction inside the individual States was going to ban backyard chickens.
There was another one on a different forum where the EU was going to prevent people from saving their own seeds in their backyard gardens. At least that one had a link to a real proposal. It was more on how companies selling seeds or started had to label those seeds or plants, for example if they were GMO that had to be shown. Looking at the definitions and exemptions, that was for companies selling internationally within the EU and larger research companies. It even had language in it that said to exempt regional commerce. That meant Farmer’s Markets and roadside stands.
This one smells just as bad. There is no way to enforce it and it just makes no sense as far as EU-wide. I could see where a city may ban this inside a small urban back yard, but EU–wide? Get real.
