Amendment of the Vegetable Seed (Wales) Regulations 20056

1

The Vegetable Seed (Wales) Regulations 20057 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1) for the definition of “the Vegetable Seed Directive” substitute the following definition—

  • “the Vegetable Seed Directive” means Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed;

3

For regulation 3, substitute—

Definitions relating to plant species3

In these Regulations—

  • “asparagus” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Asparagus officinalis L.;

  • “beetroot” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Beta vulgaris L., and includes plants commonly known as Cheltenham beet;

  • “broad bean” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Vicia faba L. (partim);

  • “Brussels sprouts” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Brassica oleracea L.;

  • “carrot” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Daucus carota L., and includes plants commonly known as fodder carrot;

  • “cauliflower” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Brassica oleracea L.;

  • “celery” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Apium graveolens L., and includes plants commonly known as celeriac;

  • “chard and spinach beet” means plants commonly known by those names of the species Beta vulgaris L.;

  • “Chinese cabbage” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Brassica rapa L.;

  • “cucumber and gherkin” means plants commonly known by those names of the species Cucumis sativus L.;

  • “curly kale” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Brassica oleracea L.;

  • “endive” means plants commonly known as curled-leaved endive or plain-leaved endive of the species Cichorium endivia L.;

  • “French bean” means plants commonly known as dwarf French bean or climbing French bean of the species Phaseolus vulgaris L.;

  • “gourd” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Cucurbita maxima Duchesne;

  • “kohlrabi” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Brassica oleracea L.;

  • “large-leaved chicory and Witloof chicory” means plants commonly known by those names of the species Cichorium intybus L., and includes plants commonly known as Italian chicory;

  • “leek” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Allium porrum L.;

  • “legume” means broad beans, French beans, runner beans and peas;

  • “lettuce” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Lactuca sativa L.;

  • “marrow” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Cucurbita pepo L., and includes plants commonly known as courgette;

  • “melon” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Cucumis melo L.;

  • “onion” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Allium cepa L. Cepa Group, and includes plants commonly known as Echalion;

  • “parsley” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A.W. Hill;

  • “pea” means plants commonly known as wrinkled pea, round pea or sugar pea of the species Pisum sativum L. (partim);

  • “radish” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Raphanus sativus L., and includes plants commonly known as black radish;

  • “red cabbage” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Brassica oleracea L.;

  • “runner bean” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Phaseolus coccineus L.;

  • “Savoy cabbage” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Brassica oleracea L.;

  • “spinach” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Spinacia oleracea L.;

  • “sprouting broccoli” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Brassica oleracea L., and includes plants commonly known as calabrese;

  • “sweet corn or popcorn” means plants commonly known by those names of the species Zea mays L. (partim);

  • “tomato” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.;

  • “turnip” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Brassica rapa L.; and

  • “white cabbage” means plants commonly known by that name of the species Brassica oleracea L..

4

In Schedule 2 for the entries numbered 27 and 28 substitute—

27

Sweet corn or popcorn.

28

Tomato.

29

Turnip.

5

In Schedule 4—

a

in the table in paragraph 3 for the rows lettered (aa) and (bb) substitute the following rows—

aa

sweet corn or popcorn

98

0.1

bb

tomato

97

0.5

cc

turnip

97

1.0

b

in the table in paragraph 4(1) for the rows lettered (aa) and (bb) substitute the following rows—

aa

sweet corn or popcorn

85

bb

tomato

75

cc

turnip

80

6

In Schedule 7 in the table for the rows numbered 27 and 28, substitute the following rows—

27

sweet corn or popcorn

20

1000

28

tomato

10

25

29

turnip

10

25

7

In Schedule 8 in the heading to paragraph 30 for “Official” substitute “Supplier's”.

8

In Schedule 10 in the table after the row containing the entry for “standard seed” insert the following row—

sweet corn and popcorn

Regulation 3