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The Cereal Seed (England) Regulations 2002 (revoked)

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Version Superseded: 22/11/2010

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Third country officially certified CS seed of a listed varietyU.K.

30.—(1) In these Regulations “third country officially certified CS seed of a listed variety” means seed of an approved species to which sub-paragraph (2) or (3) applies.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies to CS seed of a listed variety—

(a)that was harvested from a crop that was produced—

(i)in an equivalent third country;

(ii)from basic seed that was produced in accordance with the provisions of [F1paragraph 6 of Part B of Annex II to the Third Country Equivalence Decision] ;

(b)that has been officially certified as CS seed by the approved seed certification authority in that country in accordance with—

(i)in the case of seed other than maize, the OECD Cereal Seed Scheme;

(ii)in the case of maize, the OECD Maize and Sorghum Seed Scheme; and

(iii)in both cases, the conditions specified in [F2paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part B of Annex II to the Third Country Equivalence Decision] ;

(c)that has been packed in packages that have been officially closed and marked in accordance with—

(i)in the case of seed other than maize, the OECD Cereal Seed Scheme;

(ii)in the case of maize, the OECD Maize and Sorghum Seed Scheme; and

as regards the packaging, in accordance with the relevant conditions specified in [F3paragraph 3 of Part B of Annex II to the Third Country Equivalence Decision] ; and

(d)that has been imported into the United Kingdom and was accompanied by—

(i)an OECD Certificate issued by the approved seed certification authority in respect of the seed lot from which the seed was taken approving the seed in that lot as CS seed; and

(ii)subject to paragraph (iii), an Orange or Green International Seed Lot Certificate issued under the Rules of ISTA showing that it has been found to satisfy the relevant Directive seed conditions for CS seed other than those relating to varietal identity and varietal purity; or

(iii)in a case where the seed has been certified in Canada or the United States of America, a Lot Inspection Certificate issued by the Official Seed Testing Laboratory under the authority of the State Seed Testing Agency showing that it has been found to satisfy those conditions instead of a certificate of the type referred to in paragraph (ii).

(3) This sub-paragraph applies to CS seed—

(a)of a previously listed variety that is on the OECD List and for which a marketing extension is in force, and

(b)that complies with the requirements of sub-paragraph (2)(a) to (d).

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