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In particular, the seed of the species listed below shall conform to the following standards or other conditions:
Category | Minimum varietal purity (%) |
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Basic seed | 99,9 |
Certified seed, 1st generation | 99,7 |
Certified seed, 2nd generation | 99,0 |
The minimum varietal purity shall be examined mainly in field inspections carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex I.]
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F3 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).
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).
Category | Minimum varietal purity (%) |
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Basic seed | 99,7 |
Certified seed, 1st generation | 99,0 |
Certified seed, 2nd generation | 98,0 |
The minimum varietal purity shall be examined mainly in field inspections carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex I.]
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The minimum varietal purity of the seed of the category certified seed shall be 90 %. It shall be examined in official post control tests on an approriate proportion of samples.]
Where for the production of certified seed of hybrid varieties a female male-sterile component and a male component which does not restore male fertility have been used, the seed shall be produced:
either by blending seed lots in a proportion appropriate to the variety where, on the one hand, a female male-sterile component has been used and, on the other, a female male-fertile component has been used,
or by growing the female male-sterile component and the female male-fertile component in a proportion appropriate to the variety. The proportion of these components shall be examined in field inspections carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex I.
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Seed shall not be certified as certified seed unless due account has been taken of the results of an official post-control test, on samples of basic seed taken officially and carried out during the growing season of the seed entered for certification as certified seed to ascertain whether the basic seed met the requirements for basic seed laid down in this Decision in respect of identity and purity as regards the characters of the components, including male sterility.]
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Table:
Species and category | Minimum germination (% of pure seed) | Minimum analytical purity (% by weight) | Maximum content by number of seeds of other plant species including red seeds of Oryza sativa in a sample of the weight specified in column 4 of Annex III (total per column) | ||||||
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Other plant species (a) | Red seeds of Oryza sativa | Other cereal species | Plant species other than cereals | Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena ludoviciana, Lolium temulentum | Raphanus raphanistrum, Agrostemma githago | Panicum spp. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Avena sativa, [F3Hordeum vulgare] , Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Triticum spelta: | |||||||||
— basic seed | 85 | 99 | 4 | 1 (b) | 3 | 0 (c) | 1 | ||
— certified seed, 1st and 2nd generation | 85 [F8(d)] | 98 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 (c) | 3 | ||
Phalaris canariensis: | |||||||||
— basic seed | 75 | 98 | 4 | 1 (b) | 0 (c) | ||||
— certified seed | 75 | 98 | 10 | 5 | 0 (c) | ||||
Oryza sativa: | |||||||||
— basic seed | 80 | 98 | 4 | [F91] | 1 | ||||
— certified seed, 1st generation | 80 | 98 | 10 | [F93] | 3 | ||||
— certified seed, 2nd generation | 80 | 98 | 15 | [F95] | 3 | ||||
Secale cereale: | |||||||||
— basic seed | 85 | 98 | 4 | 1 (b) | 3 | 0 (c) | 1 | ||
— certified seed | 85 | 98 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 (c) | 3 | ||
[F6Sorghum spp. | 80 | 98 | 0 | ] | |||||
Triticosecale | |||||||||
[F4— basic seed | [F1080 | 98 | 4 | 1 (b) | 3 | 0 (c) | 1 | ||
— certified seed, 1st and 2nd generation | 80] | 98 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 (c) | 3 | ] | |
Zea mays | 90 | 98 | 0 |
Standards or other conditions applicable where reference is made to them in the table under Section 2 (A) of this Annex:
The maximum contents of seeds laid down in column 4 include also the seeds of the species in columns 5 to 10.
A second seed shall not be regarded as an impurity if a second sample of same weight is free from any seeds of other cereals species.
The presence of one seed of Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena ludoviciana or Lolium temulentum in a sample of the prescribed weight shall not be regarded as an impurity where a second sample of the same weight is free from any seeds of these species.]
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F8 Inserted by Commission Directive of 13 September 1988 amending Annex II to Counsil Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed (88/506/EEC).
F9 Inserted by Commission Directive of 14 January 1987 amending various Council Directives on the marketing of seeds and propagating materials (87/120/EEC).
In particular, the seed shall conform to the following standards in respect of Claviceps purpurea (maximum number of sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia in a sample of the weight specified in column 3 of Annex III).
a The presence of five sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia in a sample of the prescribed weight shall be deemed to be in conformity with the standards, where a second sample of the same weight contains not more than four sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia.] | |
Category | Claviceps purpurea |
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1 | 2 |
Cereals other than hybrid rye: | |
— basic seed | 1 |
— certified seed | 3 |
Hybrids of rye: | |
— basic seed | 1 |
— certified seed | 4 a |
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