SCHEDULE 1INTERPRETATION

PART I Meaning of pre-basic seed and similar expressions

Overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

4.

In these Regulations “overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety” means pre-basic seed—

(a)

that was harvested from a crop produced in a member State (including the United Kingdom) for which a field inspection report was issued by or on behalf of the competent seed certification authority in the member State stating that the crop has been found to satisfy the relevant Directive crop conditions for basic seed;

(b)

for which a seed test report has been issued—

(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 pre-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).