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Crop | Minimum distance | |
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1. | For the production of basic seed: | |
— from any pollen sources of the genus Beta | 1 000 m | |
2. | For the production of certified seed: | |
(a) of sugar beet: | ||
— from any pollen sources of the genus Beta not included below | 1 000 m | |
— the intended pollinator or one of the intended pollinators being diploid, from tetraploid sugar beet pollen sources | 600 m | |
— the intended pollinator being exclusively tetraploid, from diploid sugar beet pollen sources | 600 m | |
— from sugar beet pollen sources, the ploidy of which is unknown | 600 m | |
— the intended pollinator or one of the intended pollinators being diploid, from diploid sugar beet pollen sources | 300 m | |
— the intended pollinator being exclusively tetraploid, from tetraploid sugar beet pollen sources | 300 m | |
— between two sugar beet seed production fields in which male sterility is not used | 300 m | |
(b) of fodder beet: | ||
— from any pollen sources of the genus Beta not included below | 1 000 m | |
— the intended pollinator or one of the pollinators being diploid, from tetraploid fodder beet pollen sources | 600 m | |
— the intended pollinator being exclusively tetraploid, from diploid fodder beet pollen sources | 600 m | |
— from fodder beet pollen sources, the ploidy of which is unknown | 600 m | |
— the intended pollinator or one of the pollinators being diploid, from diploid fodder beet pollen sources | 300 m | |
— the intended pollinator being exclusively tetraploid, from tetraploid fodder beet pollen sources | 300 m | |
— between two fodder beet seed production fields in which male sterility is not used | 300 m |
The above distances can be disregarded if there is sufficient protection from any undesirable foreign pollinator. No isolation is necessary between seed crops using the same pollinator.
The ploidy of both seed-bearing and pollen-shedding components of seed-producing crops is to be established by reference to the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species compiled under Directive 2002/53/EC, or the national catalogues of varieties established under that Directive. If this information is not included for any variety, the ploidy is to be regarded as unknown, and thus a minimum isolation distance of 600 metres is required.
a Excluding, where appropriate, granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives. | |||
Minimum analytical purity(% by weight)a | Minimum germination(% of clusters or pure seed) | Maximum moisture content(% by weight)a | |
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(aa) sugar-beet | |||
— monogerm seed | 97 | 80 | 15 |
— precision seed | 97 | 75 | 15 |
— multigerm seed of varieties with more than 85 % diploids | 97 | 73 | 15 |
— other seed | 97 | 68 | 15 |
(bb) fodder-beet | |||
— multigerm seed of varieties with more than 85 % diploids, monogerm seed, precision seed | 97 | 73 | 15 |
— other seeds | 97 | 68 | 15 |
The percentage by weight of other seeds shall not exceed 0,3. |
special conditions for monogerm seed and for precision seed:
monogerm seed:
at least 90 % of the germinated clusters shall give single seedlings.
The percentage of clusters giving three or more seedlings shall not exceed five, calculated on the germinated clusters;
precision seed of sugar beet:
At least 70 % of the germinated clusters shall give single seedlings. The percentage of clusters giving three or more seedlings shall not exceed 5 %, calculated on the germinated clusters;
precision seed of fodder-beet:
In the case of varieties with a percentage of diploids exceeding 85, at least 58 % of the germinated clusters shall give single seedlings. In the case of all other seeds, at least 63 % of the germinated clusters shall give single seedlings. The percentage of clusters giving three or more seedlings shall not exceed 5 %, calculated on the germinated clusters;
in the case of seed of the category ‘basic seed’, the percentage by weight of inert matter shall not exceed 1,0. In the case of seed of the category ‘certified seed’, the percentage by weight of inert matter shall not exceed 0,5. In the case of pelleted seed of both categories, the satisfaction of the relevant conditions shallbe examined on samples drawn, pursuant to Article 9(1), from processed seed which has undergone partial decortication (rubbing or grinding) but has not yet been pelleted, without prejudice to the official examination of the minimum analytical purity of the pelleted seed;
other special conditions:
Member States shall ensure that beet seed may not be introduced into areas recognised as ‘rhizomania-free zones’ under appropriate Community procedures, unless the percentage by weight of inert matter does not exceed 0,5.