Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (66/402/EEC)

[F1 ANNEX I U.K. CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY THE CROP

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by First Commission Directive of 18 April 1978 amending the Annexes to Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed (78/387/EEC).

1. The previous cropping of the field shall not have been incompatible with the production of seeds of the species and variety of the crop, and the field shall be sufficiently free from such plants which are volunteers from previous cropping. U.K.

2. The crop shall conform to the following standards as regards distances from neighbouring sources of pollen which may result in undesiderable (SIC! undesirable) foreign pollination [F2 and in particular, in the case of sorghum, from sources of Sorghum halepense] : U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Inserted by Council Directive of 22 April 1986 amending, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, certain Directives concerning the marketing of seeds and plants (86/155/EEC).

Crop	Minimum distance
1	2
Phalaris canariensis, Secale cereale [F3 other than hybrids] :
— for the production of basic seed	300 m
— for the production of certified seed	250 m
[F2 Sorghum spp.	300 m]
[F4 Triticosecale, self-pollinating varieties
— for the production of basic seed	50 m
— for the production of certified seed	20 m]
Zea mays	200 m

Textual Amendments

F3 Inserted by Commission Directive 95/6/EC of 20 March 1995 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed.

F4 Inserted by Council Directive of 13 June 1988 amending Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (88/380/EEC).

These distances can be disregarded if there is sufficient protection from any undesiderable (SIC! undesirable) foreign pollination.

3. [F5 The crop shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity or, in the case of a crop of an inbred line, sufficient identity and purity as regards its characteristics. For the production of seed of hybrid varieties, the abovementioned provisions shall also apply to the characteristics of the components, including male sterility or fertility restoration] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F5 Substituted by Commission Directive 1999/54/EC of 26 May 1999 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed.

In particular, crops of [F6 Oryza sativa] , Phalaris canariensis, Secale cereale [F3 other than hybrids] [F2 , Sorghum spp. and] Zea mays shall conform to the following standards or other conditions:

Textual Amendments

F6 Inserted by Commission Directive of 14 January 1987 amending various Council Directives on the marketing of seeds and propagating materials (87/120/EEC).

A. Phalaris canariensis, Secale cereale [F3 other than hybrids] : U.K.

the number of plant of the crop species, which are recognizable as obviously not being true to the variety shall not exceed:

• one per 30 m ² for the production of basic seed,

• one per 10 m ² for the production of certified seed.

B. Zea mays: U.K.

(a)

the percentage by number of plants which are recognizable as obviously not being true to the variety, to the inbred line, or to the component shall not exceed:

(aa)

for the production of basic seed:

(i)

inbred lines, 0,1 %,

(ii)

simple hybrid, each component, 0,1 %,

(iii)

open-pollinated varieties, 0,5 %;

(bb)

for the production of certified seed:

(i)

hybrid varieties component:

• inbred lines, 0,2 %,

• simple hybrid, 0,2 %,

• open-pollinated variety, 1,0 %,

(ii)

open-pollinated varieties, 1,0 %;

(b)

the following other standards or conditions shall be satisfied for the production of seed of hybrid varieties:

(aa)

a sufficient pollen shall be shed by the plants of the male component while the plants of the female component are in flower;

(bb)

where appropriate, emasculation shall be carried out;

(cc)

where 5 % or more of the female component plants have receptive stigmas, the percentage of female component which have shed pollen or are shedding pollen shall not exceed:

• 1 % at any official field inspection, and

• 2 % at the total of the official field inspections.

Plants are considered as having shed pollen or shedding pollen where, on 50 mm or more of the central axis or laterals of a panicle, the anthers have emerged from their glumes and have shed or are shedding pollen.]

[F2 C. Sorghum spp. U.K.

(a)

the percentage by number of plants of a Sorghum species other than the crop species or plants which are recognizable as obviously not being true to the inbred line or to the component shall not exceed:

(aa)

for the production of basic seed

(i)

at flowering: 0,1 %,

(ii)

at maturity: 0,1 %;

(bb)

for the production of certified seed

(i)

plants of the male component which have shed pollen when the plants of the female component have receptive stigmas: 0,1 %,

(ii)

plants of the female component

• at flowering: 0,3 %,

• at maturity: 0,1 %;

(b)

the following standards or other conditions shall be satisfied for the production of certified seed [F7 of hybrid varieties] :

(aa)

sufficient pollen shall be shed by the plants of the male component while the plants of the female component have receptive stigrnas;

(bb)

where plants of the female component have receptive stigrnas, the percentage of plants of that component which have shed pollen or are shedding pollen shall not exceed 0,1 %;]

(c)

[F7 crops of open pollinated varieties or synthetic varieties of Sorghum spp. shall conform to the following standards: the number of plants of the crop which are recognizable as obviously not being true to the variety shall not exceed:

• one per 30 m ² for the production of basic seed,

• one per 10 m ² for the production of certified seed.]

Textual Amendments

F7 Inserted by Commission Directive of 20 June 1986 amending Counsil Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed (86/320/EEC).

[F6 D. Oryza sativa: U.K.

the number of plants which are recognizable as obviously being wild plants or red-grain plants shall not exceed:

• 0 for the production of basic seed,

• 1 per 50 m ² for the production of certified seed.]

[F3 3a. Hybrids of rye. U.K.

(a)

The crop shall conform to the following standards as regards distances from neighbouring sources of pollen which may result in undesirable foreign pollination.

Crop	Minimum distance
1	2
— for the production of basic seed
— where male sterility is used	1 000  m
— where male sterility is not used	600 m
— for the production of certified seed	500 m

(b)

The crop shall have sufficient identity and purity as regards the characteristics of the components, including male sterility.

In particular, the crop shall conform to the following standards or other conditions:

(i)

the number of plants or the crop species, which are recognizable as obviously not being true to the component shall not exceed,

• one per 30 m ² for the production of basic seed,

• one per 10 m ² for the production of certified seed, this standard to apply in official field inspections to the female component only,

(ii)

in the case of basic seed, where male sterility is used, the level of sterility of the male-sterile component shall be at least 98 %.

(c)

Where appropriate, certified seed shall be produced in mixed cultivation of a female male-sterile component with a male component which restores male fertility.]

[F8 3b. Crops to produce certified seed of hybrids of oats, barley, rice, wheat, durum wheat, spelt wheat and sel-pollinating triticale U.K.

(a)

The crop shall conform to the following standards as regards distances from neighbouring sources of pollen which may result in undesirable foreign pollination:

• the minimum distance of the female component shall be 25 m from any other variety of the same species except from a crop of the male component,

• this distance can be disregarded if there is sufficient protection from any undesirable foreign pollination.

(b)

The crop shall have sufficient identity and purity as regards the characteristics of the components.

Where seed is produced by use of a chemical hybridisation agent, the crop shall conform to the following standards or other conditions:

(i)

the minimum varietal purity of each component shall be:

• oats, barley, rice, wheat, durum wheat and spelt wheat: 99,7 %,

• self-pollinating triticale: 99,0 %;

(ii)

the minimum hybridity must be 95 %. The percentage hybridity shall be assessed in accordance with current international methods, in so far as such methods exist. In cases where the hybridity is determined during seed testing prior to certification, the determination of the hybridity during field inspection need not be done.]

Textual Amendments

F8 Inserted by Commission Directive 1999/54/EC of 26 May 1999 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed.

[F1 4. Harmful organisms which reduce the usefulness of the seed, in particular Ustilagineae, shall be at the lowest possible level. U.K.

[F9 5. The satisfaction of the abovementioned standards or other conditions shall, in the case of basic seed, be examined in official field inspections and, in the case of certified seed, be examined either in official field inspections or in inspections carried out under official supervision.] U.K.

These field inspections shall be carried out in accordance with the following conditions:

A.

The condition and the stage of development of the crop shall permit an adequate examination.

B.

The number of field inspections shall be at least:

(a)

for Avena sativa , [F10 Hordeum vulgare] , Oryza sativa, Phalaris canariensis, [F4 Triticosecale,] Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta, Secale cereale : one;

(b)

for [F2 Sorghum spp.] and Zea mays during the flowering season:

(aa)

open-pollinated varieties: one,

(bb)

inbred lines or hybrids: three.

When the crop follows a [F2 Sorghum spp. and] Zea mays crop in either the preceding year or current year, at least one special field inspection shall be made to check the satisfaction of the provisions laid down in point 1 of this Annex.

C.

The size, the number and the distribution of the portions of the field to be inspected in order to examine the satisfaction of the provisions of this Annex shall be determined in accordance with appropriate methods.]

Textual Amendments

F10 Inserted by Commission Directive of 27 June 1979 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 69/208/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed (79/641/EEC).

Textual Amendments

F9 Substituted by Council Directive 98/96/EC of 14 December 1998 amending, inter alia, as regards unofficial field inspections under Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species.