SCHEDULE 4CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY THE SEED
PART IIConditions to be examined by seed testing
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In the case of basic seed of a component of a hybrid variety of swede rape, the varietal purity of that seed may be assessed by a biochemical method where the official post-control of samples of the basic seed has not been carried out in accordance with paragraph 10.
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Subject to paragraph (2), the seed shall conform to the following standards or other conditions as regards analytical purity and content of seeds of other plant species —
Species and Category | Minimum Analytical purity (% by weight) | Maximum content of seed of other plant species (percentage by weight) | Maximum content by number of seeds of other plant species in a sample of the weight specified in column 4 of the table in Schedule 7 | ||||||
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| All other plant species (including seeds of the species specified in columns 5 to 10) | Wild oat (Avena fatua, Avena sterilis and Avena ludoviciana) | Dodder (Cuscuta spp.) | Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum | Docks (Rum ex spp. other than R. acetosella) | Blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides) | Lolium remotum |
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Black mustard, brown mustard, white mustard, swede rape and turnip rape— |
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| 98 | 0.3 | Not applicable | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 98 | 0.3 | Not applicable | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Flax-basic, C1, C2 and C3 seed | 99 | Not applicable | 15 | 0 | 0 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 4 | 2 |
Hemp-basic, CS, C1 and C2 seed 1 | 98 | Not applicable | 30 | 0 | 0 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Linseed-basic, C1 and C2 seed | 99 | Not applicable | 15 | 0 | 0 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 4 | 2 |
Soya bean-basic, C1 and C2 seed | 98 | Not | 5 | 0 | 0 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Sunflower-basic and CS seed | 98 | Not applicable | 5 | 0 | 0 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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1Hemp seed shall be free from Orobonche spp. However the presence of one seed of Orobonche spp. in a sample of 100 grams shall not be regarded as an impurity where a second sample of 200 grams is free from any such seeds. | |||||||||
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The presence of one seed of dodder (Cuscuta spp.) in a sample of —
a
brown mustard;
b
black mustard;
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flax;
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linseed;
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swede rape;
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turnip rape; or
g
white mustard;
shall not be regarded as an impurity where a second sample of the same weight is free from any seeds of dodder.
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It shall be determined, by way of a germination test, whether the seed attains the applicable percentage of germination set out in column 2 of the table below —
Species and category | Minimum germination(% of pure seed) |
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Column 1 | Column 2 |
Basic, C1, C2 and C3 seed of flax | 92 |
Basic CS, CI and C2 seed of hemp | 75 |
Basic, C1 and C2 seed of linseed | 85 |
Basic and CS seed of black mustard, brown mustard, swede rape and turnip rape | 85 |
Basic and CS seed of white mustard | 85 |
Basic, C1 and C2 seed of soya bean | 80 |
Basic and CS seed of sunflower | 85 |
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Subject to paragraph (2), in any sample of seed of the species specified in column 1 of the following table harmful organisms of the type specified in columns 2, 3 and 4 of the table shall not exceed the number specified in the relevant corresponding entry of the table —
Species | Harmful organisms | ||
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| Botrytis | Alternaria spp., Ascochyta linicola (syn. Phoma linicola), Collectotrichum lini, Fusarium spp. | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (maximum number of sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia in a sample of the weight specified in column 4 of the table in Schedule 7) |
Column (1) | Column (2) | Column (3) | Column (4) |
Flax | 5 | 5 | Not applicable |
Hemp | 5 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Linseed | 5 | 5 | Not applicable |
Sunflower | 5 | Not applicable | 10 |
Swede rape | Not applicable | Not applicable | 10 |
Turnip rape | Not applicable | Not applicable | 5 |
White mustard | Not applicable | Not applicable | 5 |
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In the case of flax, the maximum percentage by number of seeds contaminated by Ascochyta linicola (syn Phoma linicola) shall not exceed 1%.
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In the case of seed of soya bean —
a
the maximum number of sub-samples within a sample of 5,000 seeds minimum per lot sub-divided into 5 sub-samples which have been found to be contaminated by Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea shall not exceed 4;
b
the maximum number of seeds contaminated by Diaporthe phaseolorum shall not exceed 15%; and
c
the percentage by weight of inert matter shall not exceed 0.3%.