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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 a crop or seed
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 Secretary of State
21.Licensing crop inspectors, seed samplers and seed testing stations
21A.Licences for temporary experiments
22.General provisions relating to licences
PART 5 Administration and revocations
23.Withdrawing certification
24.Sampling for enforcement purposes
25.Forms of certificates used for enforcement
26.Certification for export
27.Importation from a country granted equivalence
28.Appeals
28A.Arrangements for official measures
29.Fees
30.Marketing seed under a specific derogation
31.Confidentiality
32.Licensing and certifying in another part of the United Kingdom
32A.Certification in a Crown Dependency or a country granted equivalence
32B.Transitional provision for official labels on IP completion day
33.Transitional provisions
33A.Review
34.Revocation
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
Seed to which these Regulations apply
SCHEDULE 2
Certification requirements
Part A1 Introduction
A1.Interpretation
PART 1 Beet
1.Scope of Part 1
2.Interpretation of Part 1
3.Permitted types of beet seed
4.Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
5.Meaning of “basic seed”
6.Meaning of “certified seed”
7.Crop and seed requirements
PART 2 Cereals
CHAPTER 1 Types of seed
8.Scope of Part 2
9.Permitted types of cereal seed
10.Meaning of “pre-basic seed” (including hybrids)
11.Meaning of “basic seed”
12.Meaning of “certified seed”
13.Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
14.Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
15.Crop and seed requirements
CHAPTER 2 Higher voluntary standards
16.Higher voluntary standards for cereals
17.Additional requirements for barley, wheat, durum wheat and spelt wheat
18.Seed from other plants
19.Ergot and sclerotia
PART 3 Fodder plants
CHAPTER 1 Basic standards
20.Scope of Part 3
21.Permitted types of fodder seed
22.Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
23.Meaning of “basic seed”
24.Meaning of “certified seed”
25.Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
26.Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
27.Meaning of “commercial seed”
28.Crop and seed requirements
CHAPTER 2 Higher voluntary standards
29.Higher voluntary standards for fodder seed
30.Minimum standards for purity and other species of seed in the sample
PART 4 Oil and fibre
31.Scope of Part 4
32.Permitted types of oil and fibre seed
33.Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
34.Meaning of “basic seed” for non-hybrid varieties
35.Meaning of “basic seed” for inbred lines
36.Meaning of “basic seed” for simple hybrids
37.Meaning of “certified seed”
38.Meaning of “certified seed, first generation”
39.Meaning of “certified seed, second generation”
40.Meaning of “certified seed, third generation”
41.Meaning of “commercial seed”
42.Crop and seed requirements
43.Requirements for a varietal association
PART 5 Vegetables
44.Scope of Part 5
45.Permitted types of vegetable seed
46.Meaning of “pre-basic seed”
47.Meaning of “basic seed”
48.Meaning of “certified seed”
49.Meaning of “standard seed”
50.Crop and seed requirements
SCHEDULE 3
Labelling and loose sales
PART 1 Introduction
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.Introduction
11.Additional requirements for beet seed
12.Additional requirements for cereal seed
13.Additional requirements for fodder seed
14.Additional requirements for oil and fibre seed
PART 4 Supplier’s labels
15.Meaning of “supplier’s label”
16.Labelling a package
17.References to weights in this Part
18.Breeder’s seed: supplier’s labels
19.Beet seed: supplier’s labels
20.Cereal seed: supplier’s labels
21.Fodder seed (agricultural or amenity): packages that may be labelled with a supplier’s label
22.Fodder seed other than a mixture: labelling requirements
23.Fodder seed mixture: labelling requirements
24.Oil and fibre seed: supplier’s labels
25.Vegetable seed: supplier’s labels
PART 5 Sales of loose seed
26.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.Tetrazolium testing for cereal seed
7.Marketing seed of conservation varieties
8.Marketing preservation mixtures that include uncertified fodder seed
9.Marketing unlisted varieties (other than vegetable seed) for tests and trials
10.Marketing unlisted varieties of vegetable seed
11.Marketing for scientific or selection purposes
12.Restrictions relating to genetically modified seed
13.Marketing imported seed to be labelled as HVS
14.Marketing seed certified in another European Single Market State
15.Marketing seed of amateur vegetable varieties
PART 3 Certifying seed that does not fully comply with these Regulations
16.Seed not finally certified, harvested in another European Single Market State
17.Seed not finally certified, harvested in a country granted equivalence
18.Marketing extensions
Explanatory Note