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In particular, the crop shall conform to the following other standards or conditions:
the number of plants of the crop species, which are recognisable 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 %.
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F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26 June 2009 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the botanical names of plants, the scientific names of other organisms and certain Annexes to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in the light of developments of scientific and technical knowledge (Text with EEA relevance).
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