SCHEDULE 4 SREQUIREMENTS FOR PRE-BASIC SEED, BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION AND COMMERCIAL SEED

PART I SCONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL SEED IS OBTAINED

Standards for varietal purity S

9.  The crop shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity and in particular the number of plants of the crop species which are recognisable as obviously not being true to the variety shall not exceed–

	In Crops to Produce
	Basic Seed	Seed of a Certified Generation
(a) In the case of all grasses except smooth stalked meadowgrass	One plant in 30 square metres	One plant in 10 square metres
(b) In the case of all legumes except field peas & field beans and in the case of fodder radish	One plant in 30 square metres	One plant in 10 square metres
(c) In the case of smooth stalked meadowgrass
(i) apomictic uniclonal varieties	One plant in 20 square metres	Six plants in 10 square metres
(ii) all varieties except apomictic uniclonal varieties	One plant in 20 square metres	Four plants in 10 square metres

Plants of other species, the seeds of which are difficult to distinguish from the crop seeds in a laboratory test, shall be at a low level and in particular the number of plants of a ryegrass species or festulolium, other than the crop species itself, shall not exceed–

	In Crops to Produce
	Basic Seed	Certified Seed
In the case of perennial, Italian & hybrid ryegrass and festulolium	One plant in 50 square metres	One plant in 10 square metres

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 9 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)