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Introductory Text
PART I GENERAL
1.Citation, commencement and extent
2.Interpretation
3.Definitions of seed categories
4.Definition of marketing
5.Seed to which the Regulations apply
PART II MARKETING
6.Marketing of seed
6A.Importation from outside the European Union
7.Marketing of seed of a Higher Voluntary Standard
8.Mixtures
9.Exception for scientific purposes or selection work
9A.Exception for test and trial seed
9B.Exception for Conservation Varieties
10.General exemptions
11.Marketing of officially certified lower germination seed
12.Marketing of early movement seed
13.Requirement for homogeneity
13A.Certification and labelling for export
PART III PROCEDURES FOR ISSUING OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES
14.Applications for official certificates
15.Sampling
PART IV PACKAGING AND LABELLING REQUIREMENTS FOR FULLY CERTIFIED SEED
16.Sealing of packages of fully certified seed
17.Labelling of packages of fully certified seed
18.Marketing of unpacketed seed
19.Marketing of Excepted Seed Marketed in Bulk
PART V PROCEDURES FOR ISSUING BREEDER'S CONFIRMATIONS
20.Breeder’s confirmations
PART VI PACKAGING AND LABELLING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO BREEDER'S CONFIRMATION
21.Sealing of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
22.Labelling of packages of seed in relation to breeder’s confirmation
PART VII MISCELLANEOUS
23.Comparative tests and trials
24.Civil liabilities of sellers of seed
25.Service of notices
26.Written and electronic communication
27.Amendment to the Seeds (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2002
28.Revocations and supplementary provisions
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
SPECIES OF SEED TO WHICH THE REGULATIONS APPLY
SCHEDULE 2
OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES AND BREEDER'S CONFIRMATIONS
PART I OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES
1.Applications for seed harvested in the United Kingdom
2.When applications will be refused
3.When applications may be refused
4.Applications for seed harvested in an EEA State or third country
PART II BREEDER'S CONFIRMATIONS
5.Applications
6.When applications will be refused
7.When applications may be refused
SCHEDULE 3
PARTICULARS TO BE SPECIFIED IN AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OR A BREEDER'S CONFIRMATION
1.Particulars to be specified in an official certificate
2.Particulars to be specified in a breeder’s confirmation
SCHEDULE 4
REQUIREMENTS FOR PRE BASIC SEED, BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION AND CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION
PART I CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS OBTAINED
1.Methods of ascertaining whether crop requirements are met
2.Varietal identity and varietal purity
3.Crop inspection
4.Pests in the crop
5.Previous cropping
6.Isolation distances – general
7.Isolation distances — minimum distances
8.Standards for varietal purity
9.Standards for wild oats contamination
10.Standards for other cereal species
11.Crop standards for loose smut infection
12.Crop conditions for Pre basic Seed
PART II CONDITIONS RELATING TO BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION AND CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION
13.Standards for varietal purity
14.Production of Certified Seed of hybrids of maize
15.Standards for varietal purity for hybrid varieties of rye and cytoplasmic male sterility hybrid varieties of barley
16.Standards of germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species
17.Pests in the seed
18.Standards for loose smut infection
19.Moisture content
PART III OFFICIAL EXAMINATIONS USED TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER A CROP OR SEED LOT MEETS THE CONDITIONS RELATING TO BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION AND CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION
20.Methods for official examinations
SCHEDULE 4A
STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION OF CONSERVATION VARIETIES
PART I OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES
1.Applications for seed harvested in the United Kingdom
2.When applications will be refused
3.When applications may be refused
PART II PARTICULARS TO BE SPECIFIED IN AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE
PART III CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS OBTAINED
1.Varietal identity and varietal purity
2.Harmful organisms in the crop
3.Crop Standards for loose smut infection
PART IV CONDITIONS RELATING TO SEED OF A CONSERVATION VARIETY
1.Standards of germination, analytical purity and content of seed of ...
2.Harmful organisms in the seed
3.Standards for loose smut infection
4.Moisture content
5.Varietal purity
PART V EXAMINATIONS
SCHEDULE 5
PART I SAMPLING OF SEED LOTS
1.Definitions
2.Obtaining a submitted sample
3.Primary sample size
4.Condition of the seed lot
5.Seed lot containers
6.Sampling from sacks – minimum number of containers to be sampled
7.Sampling from sacks or similar containers
8.Sampling from small containers – general
9.Sampling from small containers – moisture proof containers
10.Sampling from small containers – primary samples
11.Sampling from large containers
12.Sampling of seed lots intended to be Excepted Seed Marketed in Bulk
13.Sampling from a seed stream
14.Sampling instruments – general
15.Sampling instruments – instruments and methods
16.Sampling instruments – power to allow other instruments and methods
17.Sampling instruments – instruments for drawing primary samples
18.Methods of use of dynamic spear samplers, stick samplers, cargo samplers and seed stream samplers – general
19.Methods of use of dynamic spear samplers, stick samplers, cargo samplers and seed stream samplers – specific
20.Obtaining a sample for moisture tests
21.Obtaining a submitted sample – composite sample division instruments
22.Method of use of riffle divider
23.Method of use of a centrifugal divider
PART II MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF A SEED LOT AND MINIMUM WEIGHT OF A SUBMITTED SAMPLE
24.Maximum weight of a seed lot
25.Margin by which seed lots can exceed maximum weight
26.Maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a sample
SCHEDULE 6
PART I GENERAL
1.Method of referring to species of seed
2.Method of referring to varieties of seed
PART II LABELS
3.Label for a package of Breeder’s Seed
4.Official label for a package of Pre-basic Seed
5.Official label for a package of Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation
6.Official label for a package of a mixture of seeds to which regulation 8 applies
6A.Official label for a package of test and trial seed
6B.Official label for a package of seed of a Conservation Variety
PART III SMALL PACKAGES
7.Label for a small package of Pre basic Seed, Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation
8.Label for a small package of a mixture of seeds to which regulation 8 applies
PART IV PARTICULARS TO BE MARKED OR DISPLAYED ON THE SALE OF UNPACKETED SEED
9.Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpacketed seed which is not a mixture of seeds to which regulation 8 applies
10.Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpacketed seed which is a mixture to which regulation 8 applies
PART V INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF SEED IMPORTED FROM COUNTRIES WHICH ARE NOT EEA STATES IN PACKAGES EXCEEDING 2 KILOGRAMS NET WEIGHT
11.Information to be supplied in respect of seed imported from a country which is not an EEA State in a package exceeding 2 kilograms net weight
PART VI PRINTING OF SPECIFIED MATTERS ON PACKAGES (WHOLE BAG LABELLING)
12.Packages sealed in Scotland – printers' returns
13.Packages sealed in Scotland – individual serial numbers
14.Packages sealed in Scotland – printing or stamping
15.Packages sealed in Scotland – particulars to be included in the printing or stamp
16.Seed packages sealed in the United Kingdom but not in Scotland, or in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom
SCHEDULE 7
LIMITS OF VARIATION
GERMINATION
ANALYTICAL PURITY
NUMBER OF SEEDS OF OTHER SPECIES
SCHEDULE 8
REVOCATIONS
SCHEDULE 9
DEFINITION OF CEREAL SEED DIRECTIVE
Explanatory Note