PART 1Introduction

Interpretation of other terms3

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For the purposes of these Regulations—

a

the “GB Variety List” is the list of plant varieties prepared and published by the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001;

b

a “country granted equivalence” means—

i

a country that has been granted equivalence under Council Decision 2003/17/EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries; or

ii

a country that has been assessed by the Secretary of State that the seed from that country is produced under conditions equivalent to the requirements in these Regulations for seed to which these Regulations apply;

c

“Crown Dependency” means any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;

d

the “NI Variety List” means the list of plant varieties prepared and published by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland in accordance with legislation having equivalent effect to the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001;

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In these Regulations all references to—

a

Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed6,

b

Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed7,

c

Council Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed8,

d

Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants9,

e

Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed,

f

Commission Directive 2008/62/EC providing for certain derogations for acceptance of agricultural landraces and varieties which are naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion and for marketing of seed and seed potatoes of those landraces and varieties10,F1...

g

Commission Directive 2009/145/EC providing for certain derogations, for acceptance of vegetable landraces and varieties which have been traditionally grown in particular localities and regions and are threatened by genetic erosion and of vegetable varieties with no intrinsic value for commercial crop production but developed for growing under particular conditions and for marketing of seed of those landraces and varieties11, F3F6...

h

Commission Directive 2010/60/EU providing for certain derogations for marketing of fodder plant seed mixtures intended for use in the preservation of the natural environment,F2and

i

Council Decision 2003/17/EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries,

are references to F4those instruments as amended from time to time.