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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).
The minimum varietal purity shall be examined mainly in field inspections carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex I.
The seed shall have sufficient identity and purity as regards the varietal characteristics of its components, including male sterility or restoration of fertility;
[F2The minimum varietal purity of the seed shall be:
basic seed, female component: 99,0 %,
basic seed, male component: 99,9 %,
certified seed of winter swede rape varieties: 90,0 %,
certified seed of spring swede rape varieties: 85,0 %;]
Seed shall not be certified as certified seed unless due account has been taken of the results of official post-control plot tests 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 has met the requirements for basic seed laid down in respect of identity as regards the characteristics of the components, including male sterility, and the standards for basic seed laid down in respect of the minimum varietal purity laid down in point (b).
In the case of basic seed of hybrids, the varietal purity may be assessed by appropriate biochemical methods;
The compliance with the standards of the minimum varietal purity laid down in point (b) in respect of certified seed of hybrids shall be monitored by official post-control tests on an appropriate proportion of samples taken officially. Appropriate biochemical methods may be utilised.
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Table:
Other standards or conditions applicable where reference is made to them in the table under Section I(4)(A) of this Annex:
the maximum contents of seeds laid down in column 5 include also the seeds of the species in columns 6 to 11;
the determination of total content of seeds of other plant species by number need not be carried out unless there is doubt whether the conditions laid down in column 5 have been satisfied;
the determination of seeds of Cuscuta spp. by number need not be carried out unless there is doubt whether the conditions laid down in column 7 have been satisfied;
the presence of one seed of Cuscuta spp. 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 Cuscuta spp.;
the seed shall be free from Orobanche spp.; however the presence of one seed of Orobanche spp. in a sample of 100 grams shall not be regarded as an impurity where a second sample of 200 grams is free from any seeds of Orobanche spp.
Table:
| Species | Harmful organisms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum percentage by number of seeds contaminated by harmful organisms (total per column) | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (maximum number of sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia in a sample of the weight specified in column 4 of Annex III) | |||
| Botrytis spp. | Alternaria linicola, Phoma exigua var. linicola, Colletotrichum linicola, Fusarium spp. | Platyedra gossypiella | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Brassica napus | 10 (b) | |||
| Brassica rapa | 5 (b) | |||
| Cannabis sativa | 5 | |||
| Gossypium spp. | 1 | |||
| Helianthus annuus | 5 | 10 (b) | ||
| Linum usitatissimum | 5 | 5 (a) | ||
| Sinapis alba | 5 (b) | |||
Other standards or conditions applicable where reference is made to them in the table under Section I(5)(A) of this Annex:
in Linum usitatissimum – flax, the maximum percentage by number of seeds contaminated by Phoma exigua var. linicola shall not exceed one;
the determination of sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by number need not be carried out unless there is doubt whether the conditions laid down in column 5 of this table have been satisfied.
Particular standards or other conditions applicable to Glycine max :
in respect of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea the maximum number of sub-samples within a sample of 5 000 seeds minimum per lot subdivided into 5 sub-samples which have been found to be contaminated by the said organism shall not exceed 4;
where suspect colonies are identified in all five sub-samples, appropriate biochemical tests on the suspect colonies isolated on a preferential medium for each subsample may be used to confirm the above standards or conditions;
in respect of Diaporthe phaseolorum var. phaseolorum the maximum number of seeds contaminated shall not exceed 15 %;
the percentage by weight of inert matter, as defined in accordance with current international testing methods, shall not exceed 0.3.
In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 25(2), Member States may be authorised not to carry out the examination in respect of the above particular standards or other conditions unless, on the basis of previous experience, there is doubt whether those standards or conditions have been satisfied.]