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| Crop | Minimum distance |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
| Phalaris canariensis, Secale cereale [F3other than hybrids] : | |
— for the production of basic seed | 300 m |
— for the production of certified seed | 250 m |
| [F2Sorghum spp. | 300 m] |
| [F4Triticosecale, self-pollinating varieties | |
— for the production of basic seed | 50 m |
— for the production of certified seed | 20 m] |
| Zea mays | 200 m |
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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.
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In particular, crops of [F6Oryza sativa] , Phalaris canariensis, Secale cereale [F3other than hybrids] [F2, Sorghum spp. and] Zea mays shall conform to the following standards or other conditions:
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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.
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:
for the production of basic seed:
inbred lines, 0,1 %,
simple hybrid, each component, 0,1 %,
open-pollinated varieties, 0,5 %;
for the production of certified seed:
hybrid varieties component:
inbred lines, 0,2 %,
simple hybrid, 0,2 %,
open-pollinated variety, 1,0 %,
open-pollinated varieties, 1,0 %;
the following other standards or conditions shall be satisfied for the production of seed of hybrid varieties:
a sufficient pollen shall be shed by the plants of the male component while the plants of the female component are in flower;
where appropriate, emasculation shall be carried out;
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.]
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:
for the production of basic seed
at flowering: 0,1 %,
at maturity: 0,1 %;
for the production of certified seed
plants of the male component which have shed pollen when the plants of the female component have receptive stigmas: 0,1 %,
plants of the female component
at flowering: 0,3 %,
at maturity: 0,1 %;
the following standards or other conditions shall be satisfied for the production of certified seed [F7of hybrid varieties] :
sufficient pollen shall be shed by the plants of the male component while the plants of the female component have receptive stigrnas;
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 %;]
[F7crops 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.]
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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.]
The crop shall conform to the following standards as regards distances from neighbouring sources of pollen which may result in undesirable foreign pollination.
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:
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,
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 %.
Where appropriate, certified seed shall be produced in mixed cultivation of a female male-sterile component with a male component which restores male fertility.]
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.
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:
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 %;
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.]
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These field inspections shall be carried out in accordance with the following conditions:
The condition and the stage of development of the crop shall permit an adequate examination.
The number of field inspections shall be at least:
for Avena sativa , [F10Hordeum vulgare] , Oryza sativa, Phalaris canariensis, [F4Triticosecale,] Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta, Secale cereale : one;
for [F2Sorghum spp.] and Zea mays during the flowering season:
open-pollinated varieties: one,
inbred lines or hybrids: three.
When the crop follows a [F2Sorghum 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.
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.]
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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.