The latest update: Folks from the North American Rock Garden Society and the Scottish Rock Garden Club have differing interpretations of the new regulations. As far as I can tell, NARGS believes that phytos are required for seed exchange shipments coming into Europe, whereas SRGC believes those shipments are exempted. An authority from the Alpine Garden Society has weighed in and said that NARGS appears to be mostly correct. But he went out of his way to say that he has not studied the issue and is not sure. The bottom line: *No one* in the gardening community seems to be sure what exactly is legal and illegal at this point when it comes to importing seeds into the EU. Mike _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…