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

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

Textual Amendments

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).

4. Hybrids of Secale cereale 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. U.K.

Crop	Minimum distance
— 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. U.K.

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

(i)

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;

(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.] U.K.