Introductory Text
PART 1 Introduction
1.Title, application and commencement
2.Meaning of “marketing”
3.Interpretation of other terms
PART 2 Categories of seed
4.Seed to which these Regulations apply
5.Categories of seed
6.Breeder's seed
7.Maintainers for pre-basic and basic seed
PART 3 Marketing seed
8.Marketing seed
9.Exceptions
10.Overriding requirements: the building blocks necessary for certification
11.Detailed requirements for certification
12.Crop inspections
13.Standard of seed at the time of marketing
14.Re-grading of seed at the time of marketing
15.Control plots and tests
16.Packaging and sealing
17.Labelling
18.Mixtures of seed
19.Records
PART 4 Licensing
20.Operations requiring a licence from the Department
21.Licensing crop inspectors, seed samplers and seed testing stations
22.Licences for temporary experiments
23.General provisions relating to licences
PART 5 Administration and revocations
24.Withdrawing certification
25.Sampling for enforcement purposes
26.Forms of certificates used for enforcement
26A.Certification for export
27.Imported seed
28.Appeals
29.Civil liability of sellers of seeds
30.Arrangements for official measures
31.Fees
31A.Marketing seed under a specific derogation
32.Confidentiality
33.Licensing in another part of the United Kingdom
33A.Certification in a Crown Dependency
33B.Transitional provision for official labels on exit day
34.Transitional provisions
35.Amendments and revocations
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
Seed to which these Regulations apply
SCHEDULE 2
Certification requirements
Part A1 Introduction
A1.Interpretation
PART 1 Beet
1.Interpretation of Part 1
2.Permitted types of beet seed
3.Meaning of “pre-basic” seed
4.Meaning of “basic seed”
5.Meaning of “certified seed”
6.Crop and seed requirements
PART 2 Cereals
7.Permitted types of cereal seed
8.Meaning of “pre-basic seed” (including hybrids)
9.Meaning of “basic seed”
10.Meaning of “certified seed”
11.Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
12.Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
13.Crop and seed requirements
14.Higher voluntary standards for cereals
15.Additional requirements for barley, wheat, durum wheat and spelt wheat
16.The number of seeds from other plant species in a...
17.Ergot and sclerotia
PART 3 Fodder plants
18.Permitted types of fodder seed
19.Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
20.Meaning of “basic seed”
21.Meaning of “certified seed”
22.Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
23.Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
24.Meaning of “commercial seed”
25.Crop and seed requirements
26.Higher voluntary standards for fodder seed
PART 4 Oil and fibre
27.Permitted types of oil and fibre seed
28.Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
29.Meaning of “basic seed” for non-hybrid varieties
30.Meaning of “basic seed” for inbred lines
31.Meaning of “basic seed” for simple hybrids
32.Meaning of “certified seed”
33.Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
34.Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
35.Meaning of “certified seed, third generation”
36.Meaning of “commercial seed”
37.Crop and seed requirements
38.Requirements for a varietal association
PART 5 Vegetables
39.Permitted types of vegetable seed
40.Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
41.Meaning of “basic seed”
42.Meaning of “certified seed”
43.Meaning of “standard seed”
44.Crop and seed requirements
SCHEDULE 3
Labelling and loose sales
1.Types of label
2.Time of labelling
3.Genetically modified varieties
4.Chemical treatment of seed
PART 2 Official labels
5.Official labels: general requirements
6.Official labels for pre-basic seed
7.Official labels for basic seed and certified seed
8.Official labels for commercial seed not certified as to variety
9.Labelling mixtures
PART 3 Additional requirements for official labels for specific species
10.Additional requirements for beet seed
11.Additional requirements for cereal seed
12.Additional requirements for fodder seed
13.Additional requirements for oil and fibre seed
PART 4 Supplier's labels
14.Meaning of “supplier's label”
15.Labelling a package
16.References to weights in this Part
17.Breeder's seed: supplier's labels
18.Beet seed: supplier's labels
19.Cereal seed: supplier's label
20.Fodder seed (agricultural or amenity): packages that may be labelled with a supplier's label
21.Fodder seed other than a mixture: labelling requirements
22.Fodder seed mixture: labelling requirements
23.Oil and fibre seed: supplier's labels
24.Vegetable seed: supplier's labels
PART 5 Sales of loose seed
25.Sales of loose seed
SCHEDULE 4
Exceptions
PART 1 Supply of seed other than by way of marketing
1.Early multiplication of seed
2.Seed as grown
3.Farm saved seed
PART 2 Marketing seed that does not comply with Schedule 2
4.Seed with a declared lower germination
5.Early movement of seed
6.(1) In this Schedule officially certified early movement seed of...
7.Tetrazolium testing for cereal seed
8.Marketing seed of conservation varieties
9.Marketing preservation mixtures that include uncertified fodder seed
10.Marketing unlisted varieties (other than vegetable seed) for tests and trials
11.Marketing unlisted varieties of vegetable seed
12.Marketing for scientific or selection purposes
13.Restrictions relating to genetically modified seed
14.Marketing imported seed to be labelled as HVS
15.Marketing seed of amateur vegetable varieties
PART 3 Certifying seed that does not fully comply with these Regulations
16. Fodder seed not finally certified, harvested in the United kingdom, elsewhere than in Northern Ireland
17.Seed not finally certified, harvested in a European Single Market State
18.Seed not finally certified, harvested in a country that has been granted equivalence
19.Marketing extensions
20.Interpretation
Explanatory Note