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Macroalgae EU Legislation Portal - LexSeaweed –

EUR-Lex Research Hub

I3-4-Seaweed

European Macroalgae Legislation Hub

I3-4-Seaweed

Explore comprehensive EU legislation related to macroalgae cultivation, food safety, feed, biostimulants, cosmetics, trade and environmental regulation with semantic search by genus, species, compound and legal theme.

Cultivation
Food Safety
Biostimulants
Cosmetics
Feed
Import/Export

Key Legislative Areas

Explore the main EU policy domains relevant to macroalgae and seaweed-derived products.

Cultivation Regulations

Environmental standards, sustainable farming methods and aquaculture rules.

Food Safety Standards

Novel foods, additives, contaminants and consumer protection.

Biostimulants

Fertilising products, agricultural applications and efficacy rules.

Cosmetics

Seaweed-derived cosmetic ingredients, safety and labelling.

About This Portal

This specialized portal provides semantic access to European Union legislation related to macroalgae across cultivation, food safety, feed, biostimulants, cosmetics, environment and trade. It combines a curated legislative database, a taxonomy dictionary and a semantic search engine.

Curated database

Updated legislative corpus including acts identified from blueprint documents.

Taxonomy-aware search

Search by genus, species or compound and recover relevant acts even when taxa are not cited explicitly.

Regulatory mapping

Browse by policy area, category and value chain stage with direct links to EUR-Lex.

This portal has been developed within the framework of the European project I3-4-SEAWEED, coordinated by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), aiming to support innovation and knowledge transfer in the European macroalgae sector.