Marketing of conservation varieties4A

1

 No person shall market seed potatoes of a conservation variety unless—

a

the variety is listed in the National List of varieties of potato species prepared and published in accordance with regulation 3 of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001; and

b

those seed potatoes have been produced in the United Kingdom.

2

A person proposing to produce seed potatoes of a conservation variety shall, before doing so, supply the Secretary of State, in such manner and form as the Secretary of State requires, with details in writing of the size and location of the area to be used to produce that seed.

3

For the purposes of Articles 14 and 15(2) of Commission Directive 2008/62/EC, the Secretary of State may specify the maximum amount of seed potatoes of a conservation variety that may be marketed in any given production season; and different maxima for different persons or classes of persons may be specified.

4

The amount of seed potatoes of a conservation variety marketed by a person shall not exceed any maximum amount specified under paragraph (3) in relation to that person.

5

Any person marketing seed potatoes of a conservation variety shall supply the Secretary of State, on written demand, with details in writing of the amount and variety of the seed potatoes placed on the market during each production season.