There is established the Technical and Variety Release Committee of the Council whose functions are to

(a) advise the Council on

(i) the procedures for the registration of cultivars;

(ii) the prescribed standards for seeds and procedures for the certification of seeds;

(iii) the publication annually in the Commercial and Industrial Bulletin of a list of varieties of crops grown in the country; and

(iv) the fees for the certification and testing of seeds;

(b) recommend for the approval of the Council, crop varieties to be released or withdrawn from the register as well as crop species to be included;

(c) recommend varieties for withdrawal where the maintainer does not have that seed variety available or the seed does not represent its original variety;

(d) create and update the National Variety Register; and

(e)  any other technical matters requested by the Council.