The Beet Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1989

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

In addition to some minor and drafting amendments, these Regulations, which amend the Beet Seeds Regulations 1985, implement article 1.8 of Council Directive 88/380/EEC (OJ No. L187, 16.7.88, p.31) insofar as it amends article 15 of Council Directive 66/400/EEC (OJ No. L125, 11.7.66, p.2309/66) (OJ/SE 1965-66, p.143) (as amended) on the marketing of beet seed to the extent that seeds produced and packaged but not officially certified in another Member State may be imported into the United Kingdom but shall not be marketed in the United Kingdom until they have been officially certified in the United Kingdom (regulation 2(2)).

The Regulations also implement article 1.2 of Commission Directive 87/120/EEC (OJ No. L49, 18.2.87, p.39) insofar as it amends Annex I of Council Directive 66/400/EEC by revising the conditions relating to crops from which seeds are obtained, in particular the minimum distances between a crop and a neighbouring pollen source (regulation 2(3)).

Article 1 of Commission Directive 88/95/EEC (OJ No. L56, 2.3.88, p.42), is implemented insofar as it amends Annex I of Council Directive 66/400/EEC by providing a marketing standard for the percentage by weight of inert matter in basic and certified seed (regulation 2(4)).

Article 1.3 of Commission Directive 87/120/EEC is implemented insofar as it amends Annex II of Council Directive 66/400/EEC by providing that the maximum weight of a seed lot, set out in that Annex, from which a sample is to be drawn for certification shall not be exceeded by more than 5% (regulation 2(5)).

Article 1.7 and 1.9-12 of Council Directive 88/380/EEC is implemented insofar as it amends Article 14 and Annex III of Council Directive 66/400/EEC by providing that the particulars relating to kind and variety of seed on official labels must be in roman characters and that the kind of seed must be designated by its Latin name, or common name, or both (regulation 2(6)).