A long-awaited solution for seed suppliers, European organic farmers, and national authorities arrived. The new router database will increase the availability of seed of organic varieties and help increase the transparency of the European organic seed market.

EU member states need to establish a national database listing all offered organic seed and seed potatoes according to EU regulation. Seed offers not registered in national databases are considered "unavailable" and derogations for farmers can be granted to use untreated conventional seeds. The European Union will phase out these derogations by 2036, thus organic seed supply needs to increase considerably, and more offers must be available in the national databases. Seed companies willing to sell in other member states face high administrative burdens and language barriers in adding their offer to different national databases.
In the framework of the Horizon 2020 funded LIVESEED project, FiBL-Germany developed the EU-wide router database.