Allowable surface area coverS
5.—(1) This paragraph applies, for the purposes of regulation 16(1) and (3), to seed potatoes to which Table II, III (a), (b) or (c) or IV applies.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), an authorised officer may deem a potato in any sample of seed potatoes to which this paragraph applies not to be affected by a disease in Group III, specified in column 1 of the Table in relation to a potato of that grade when, in the officer's opinion—
(a)the surface area of the potato affected by the disease is less than the percentage surface area in the entry corresponding to the disease in column 5 of the Table; and
(b)the potato has at least two eyes at the rose end wholly unaffected by the disease.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply when the disease Powdery Scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Lagerh) takes its cankerous form.
TABLE I
[F1GB] GRADE PBTC PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND
| Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects | Column 2Individual Tolerances |
|---|---|
| Group I | |
| Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) | Nil |
| Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) | Nil |
| Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) | Nil |
| Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) | Nil |
| Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) | Nil |
| Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell)) | Nil |
| Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid | Nil |
| Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) | Nil |
| [F2Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS | Nil] |
| Group II | |
| Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.) | Nil |
| Dickeyaspp. | Nil |
| Rots including Wet Rot but other than rots specified in Group I | Nil |
| Frost damaged tubers | Nil |
| Group III | |
| Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) | Nil |
| Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) | Nil |
| Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) | Nil |
| Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) | Nil |
| Group IV | |
| External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety | Nil |
| Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y | Nil |
| Shrivelled tubers | Nil |
| Group V | |
| Dirt or extraneous matter | 1.0% |
TABLE II
[F3GB] GRADE PB PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND
| Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects | Column 2Individual Tolerances | Column 3Group Tolerances | Column 4Collective Group Tolerances | Column 5Allowable % surface area cover | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group I | |||||
| Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) | Nil | ||||
| Potato Tuber | Nil | ||||
| Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) | |||||
| Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) | Nil | ||||
| Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) | Nil | ||||
| Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) | Nil | ||||
| Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell)) | Nil | ||||
| Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid | Nil | ||||
| Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) | Nil | ||||
| [F4Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS | Nil] | ||||
| Group II | |||||
| Blackleg (Pectobacterium spp.) | Nil | 0.2% | } | ||
| Dickeyaspp. | Nil | } | |||
| Rots, other than rots specified in Group I | 0.2% | } | |||
| Frost damaged tubers | 0.2% | } | |||
| Group III | |||||
| Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) | 0.2% | 5.0% | } | ||
| Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) | 1.0% | } | 6.0% | 10.0% | |
| Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) | 5.0% | } | 33.3% | ||
| Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) | 1.0% | } | 10.0% | ||
| Group IV | |||||
| External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety | 3.0% | 3.0% | } | ||
| Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y | Nil | } | |||
| Shrivelled tubers | 0.5% | } | |||
| Group V | |||||
| Dirt or extraneous matter | 1% | 1% | |||
TABLE III
[F5GB] GRADE S, SE AND E AND TEST AND TRIAL SEED POTATOES
a) [F6GB] GRADE S PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND
| Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects | Column 2Individual Tolerances | Column 3Group Tolerances | Column 4Collective Group Tolerances | Column 5Allowable % surface area cover | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group I | |||||||||||
| Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid | Nil | ||||||||||
| Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) | Nil | ||||||||||
| [F7Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS | Nil] | ||||||||||
| Group II | |||||||||||
| Dickeyaspp. | Nil | } | |||||||||
| Rots, other than rots specified in Group I | 0.5% | 0.5% | } | ||||||||
| (of which Wet Rot) | (0.2%) | } | |||||||||
| Frost damaged tubers | 0.5% | } | |||||||||
| Group III | |||||||||||
| Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) | 0.5% | 5.0% | } | 12.5% | |||||||
| Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) | 5.0% | } | 6.0% | 10.0% | |||||||
| Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) | 5.0% | } | 33.3% | ||||||||
| Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) | 3.0% | } | 10.0% | ||||||||
| Group IV | |||||||||||
| External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety | 3.0% | 3.0% | } | ||||||||
| Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y | 0.1% | } | |||||||||
| Shrivelled tubers | 1.0% | } | |||||||||
| Group V | |||||||||||
| Dirt or extraneous matter | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||||||||
| b) [F6GB] GRADE SE PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND | |||||||||||
| Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects | Column 2Individual Tolerances | Column 3Group Tolerances | Column 4Collective Group Tolerances | Column 5Allowable % surface area cover | |||||||
| Group I | |||||||||||
| Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell)) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid | Nil | ||||||||||
| Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) | Nil | ||||||||||
| [F7Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS | Nil] | ||||||||||
| Group II | |||||||||||
| Dickeyaspp. | Nil | } | |||||||||
| Rots, other than rots specified in Group I | 0.5% | } | |||||||||
| (of which Wet Rot) | (0.2%) | } | |||||||||
| Frost damaged tubers | 0.5% | } | |||||||||
| Group III | |||||||||||
| Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) | 0.5% | 5.0% | } | 12.5% | |||||||
| Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) | 5.0% | } | 6.0% | 10.0% | |||||||
| Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) | 5.0% | } | 33.3% | ||||||||
| Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) | 3.0% | } | 10.0% | ||||||||
| Group IV | |||||||||||
| External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety | 3.0% | 3.0% | } | ||||||||
| Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y | 0.1% | } | |||||||||
| Shrivelled tubers | 1.0% | } | |||||||||
| Group V | |||||||||||
| Dirt or extraneous matter | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||||||||
| c) [F6GB] GRADE E AND TEST AND TRIAL SEED POTATOES PRODUCED IN SCOTLAND | |||||||||||
| Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects | Column 2Individual Tolerances | Column 3Group Tolerances | Column 4Collective Group Tolerances | Column 5Allowable % surface area cover | |||||||
| Group I | |||||||||||
| Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus(Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella(Zell)) | Nil | ||||||||||
| Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid | Nil | ||||||||||
| Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) | Nil | ||||||||||
| [F7Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Liefting et al., [LIBEPS | Nil] | ||||||||||
| Group II | |||||||||||
| Dickeyaspp. | Nil | } | |||||||||
| Rots, other than rots specified in Group I | 0.5% | 0.5% | } | ||||||||
| (of which Wet Rot) | (0.2%) | } | |||||||||
| Frost damaged tubers | 0.5% | } | |||||||||
| Group III | |||||||||||
| Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) | 0.5% | 5.0% | } | 12.5% | |||||||
| Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) | 5.0% | } | 10.0% | ||||||||
| Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) | 5.0% | } | 6.0% | 33.3% | |||||||
| Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) | 3.0% | } | 10.0% | ||||||||
| Group IV | |||||||||||
| External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety | 3.0% | 3.0% | } | ||||||||
| Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y | 0.1% | } | |||||||||
| Shrivelled tubers | 1.0% | } | |||||||||
| Group V | |||||||||||
| Dirt or extraneous matter | 1.0% | ||||||||||
TABLE IV
BASIC SEED POTATOES INTENDED FOR MARKETS OUTSIDE THE [F8British Islands]
| Column 1Diseases, pests, damage and defects | Column 2Individual Tolerances | Column 3Group Tolerances | Column 4Collective Group Tolerances | Column 5Allowable % surface area cover | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group I | |||||
| Potato Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb) Perc.) | Nil | ||||
| Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne) | Nil | ||||
| Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera spp. infesting potatoes) | Nil | ||||
| Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Daviset al.) | Nil | ||||
| Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchiet al.) | Nil | ||||
| Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zell)) | Nil | ||||
| Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid | Nil | ||||
| Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) | Nil | ||||
| Group II | |||||
| Dickeyaspp. | Nil | } | |||
| Rots including Wet Rot but other than rots specified in Group I | 0.2% | 0.2% | } | ||
| Frost damaged tubers | 0.2% | } | |||
| Group III | |||||
| Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) Ellis) | 0.5% | 1.5% | } | 12.5% | |
| Black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kühn) | 1.5% | } | 4.7% | 12.5% | |
| Common scab (Streptomyces spp.) | 1.5% | } | 12.5% | ||
| Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Lagerh.f.sp.subterranea) | 1.5% | } | 12.5% | ||
| Group IV | |||||
| External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety | 1.0% | 3.0% | } | ||
| Superficial necrosis caused by strains of Potato Virus Y | 0.1% | } | |||
| External necrosis (caused by viruses other than Potato Virus Y) | 2.0% | } | |||
| Shrivelled tubers | 2.0% | } | |||
| Group V | |||||
| Dirt or extraneous matter | 0.5% | ||||
Textual Amendments
F1Word in sch. 6 para. 5 Table 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(b) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 17(17)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in sch. 6 para. 5 Table 1 inserted (1.7.2020) by The Seed and Plant Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/165), regs. 1(1), 8(4)(a)
F3Word in sch. 6 para. 5 Table 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(b) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 17(17)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in sch. 6 para. 5 Table 2 inserted (1.7.2020) by The Seed and Plant Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/165), regs. 1(1), 8(4)(b)
F5Word in sch. 6 para. 5 Table 3 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(c)(i) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 17(17)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Word in sch. 6 para. 5 Table 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(c)(ii) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/445, regs. 1(1)(b), 17(17)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in sch. 6 para. 5 Table 3 inserted (1.7.2020) by The Seed and Plant Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/165), regs. 1(1), 8(4)(c)
F8Words in sch. 6 para. 5 Table 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Seed and Propagating Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1(1)(b), 16(20)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)