The Vegetable Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Regulation 28(2)

SCHEDULE 9 N.I. LIMITS OF VARIATION

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 9 in operation at 31.12.2009, see reg. 1

GERMINATION
Stated minimum percentage of germination (expressed as an integer)	Limit of variation per cent
99-100	2
97-98	3
94-96	4
91-93	5
87-90	6
82-86	7
76-81	8
69-75	9
60-68	10
50-59	11

ANALYTICAL PURITY
Stated minimum percentage of analytical purity (expressed to one decimal point)	Limit of variation per cent
99.9-100	0.2
99.8	0.3
99.6-99.7	0.4
99.3-99.5	0.5
99.0-99.2	0.6
98.5-98.9	0.7
98.3-98.4	0.8
97.5-98.2	0.9
97.0-97.4	1.0
96.5-96.9	1.1
95.5-96.4	1.2
95.0-95.4	1.3

CONTENT OF SEEDS OF OTHER PLANT SPECIES
Stated maximum percentage of seeds of other plant species	Limit of variation
(expressed to one decimal point)	per cent
0.0	0.1
0.1-0.2	0.3
0.3-0.4	0.4
0.5-0.6	0.5
0.7-0.9	0.6
1.0-1.4	0.7
1.5	0.8