Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed varietyE+W
17.—(1) A person may market officially certified early movement pre-basic, officially certified early movement basic or officially certified early movement commercial seed before the completion of the official germination test, if the person marketing the seed —.
(a)obtains a provisional analytical report indicating what the percentage of germination of the seed is likely to be;
(b)provides the first buyer, upon or before delivery of the seed, with a written statement that the seed is marketed before the completion of the official germination test together with the result in the provisional analytical report;
(i)by or on behalf of the competent seed certification authority in the member State, or in a member State, other than the United Kingdom, into which the seed was subsequently imported, or
(ii)by a licensed EC seed testing station in either of the member States referred to in paragraph (i),
stating that the seed has been found to satisfy the relevant Directive seed conditions for basic seed;
(c)that has been imported into the United Kingdom as basic seed of a variety that was unlisted at the time when the seed was imported but has since been listed; and
(d)that is accompanied by —
(i)an Annex V(C) document relating to the seed issued by or on behalf of the competent seed certification authority in the member State referred to in paragraph (a), and
(ii)the seed test report referred to in paragraph (b).
(2) This sub-paragraph applies to basic seed that —
(a)complies with the requirements of paragraph 16(2)(a) to (d), and
(b)that was imported into the United Kingdom as basic seed of a variety that was unlisted at the time when the seed was imported but has since been listed.