Irish Seed Trade Association CLG
Acronym: ISTA
General Information
Identification Code: 386165947009-13
Website: www.irishseedtrade.ie
Entity Form: Company Limited by Guarantee
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 6/24/2022
Last Update: 5/23/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: The Irish Seed Trade Association, ISTA, embraces fourteen companies in Ireland that represents 99% of cereal seed assembling. Since 1914, it has represented its members with government, farmers and end users to ensure that the systems and processes that are in place throughout the industry ensure the highest quality of certified seed, providing growers with a guaranteed standard of varietal purity, germination, and phyto-sanitary status.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Food safety
Levels of Interest:
- national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Review of Legislation on Plant Reproductive Material
Review of Seed Marketing Legislation
Consultation on NGTs
Sustainable Use Regulation
Nitrates
Communication Activities: Use of social media and emails to members companies where appropriate to encourage participation
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 19 Nutgrove Enterprise Park
Post Code: Dublin14
City: Rathfarnham
Country: IRELAND
Phone:
Indic Phone: 353
Phone Number: 860822038
EU Office
Address: 19 Nutgrove Enterprise Park
Post Code: Dublin14
City: Rathfarnham
Country: IRELAND
Phone:
Indic Phone: 353
Phone Number: 860822038
Financial Data
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Total Budget: 0
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 1
Members: 1
Members F T E: 0.10000000149011612
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Our members are 14 out of 15 Irish companies who multiply certified seed
Organisation Members: Member of Euroseeds
Current Job Opportunities
Lead Policy Advisor - Seed Trade Association
Irish Seed Trade Association CLG
mid-levelBrussels, BelgiumFull-time-time
Posted: 9/23/2025
mid-levelBrussels, Francefull-time
Posted: 8/21/2025