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The Seed Marketing (Wales) Regulations 2012
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- Sch. 2 para. 7(6) inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(11)(a)(iii)
- Sch. 2 para. 15(2A) inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(11)(b)(iii)
- Sch. 2 para. 28(1A) inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(11)(c)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 42(1A) inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(11)(d)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 50(2A) inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(11)(f)(iii)
- Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(b)(i)(bb) word substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/368, reg. 4(11)(a)(iii) by S.I. 2020/1573 reg. 4(3)(h)(i)
- Sch. 4 para. 12(1) Sch. 4 para. 12 renumbered as Sch. 4 para. 12(1) by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(13)(h)(i)
- Sch. 4 para. 7(5A) inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(13)(d)(i)
- Sch. 4 para. 8(8) inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(13)(e)(iv)
- Sch. 4 para. 10(9) inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(13)(f)(iii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 4(13)(f) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1573, regs. 1(2)(b), 4(3)(j)(iv))
- Sch. 4 para. 12(1)(c)(2) inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(13)(h)(ii)(dd)
- Sch. 4 para. 12(1)(a) word omitted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(13)(h)(ii)(bb)
- Sch. 4 para. 7(5A) word substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/368, reg. 4(13)(d)(i) by S.I. 2020/1573 reg. 4(3)(j)(i)(bb)
- Sch. 4 para. 12(1)(a) word substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/368, reg. 4(13)(h)(ii)(bb) by S.I. 2020/1573 reg. 4(3)(j)(vi)
- Sch. 4 para. 12(1)(a) words inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(13)(h)(ii)(bb)
- Sch. 4 para. 12(1)(b) words inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(13)(h)(ii)(cc)
- Sch. 4 para. 12(1) words omitted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(13)(h)(ii)(aa)
- reg. 3(1)(d)(e) inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(2) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 4(2) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1573, regs. 1(2)(b), 4(3)(a))
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- reg. 10(a)(i)(ii) and word substituted for words by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(6) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 4(6) substituted immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1573, regs. 1(2)(b), 4(3)(e))
- reg. 27(4) inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(9)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 4(9)(c) omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/1573, regs. 1(2)(b), 4(3)(f)(iv))
- reg. 32A 32B inserted by S.I. 2019/368 reg. 4(10)
- reg. 32A word substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/368, reg. 4(10) by S.I. 2020/1573 reg. 4(3)(g)(i)
- reg. 32B word substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/368, reg. 4(10) by S.I. 2020/1573 reg. 4(3)(g)(ii)(aa)
- reg. 32B word substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/368, reg. 4(10) by S.I. 2020/1573 reg. 4(3)(g)(ii)(bb)
PART 1 E+WIntroduction
Title, application and commencementE+W
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Seed Marketing (Wales) Regulations 2012.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 27 February 2012.
Meaning of “marketing”E+W
2.—(1) In these Regulations “marketing” (“marchnata”) means the sale, holding with a view to sale, offer for sale or any disposal, supply or transfer aimed in each case at commercial exploitation of seed to third parties, whether or not for consideration.
(2) But marketing does not include trade that is not aimed at commercial exploitation, such as—
(a)the supply of seed to official testing and inspection bodies; or
(b)the supply of seed to a person who provides processing services but who does not acquire title to the seed.
Interpretation of other termsE+W
3.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations—
(a)the “United Kingdom National List” (“Rhestr Genedlaethol y Deyrnas Unedig”) is the list of plant varieties published by the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001 M1;
(b)the “Common Catalogue” (“Catalog Cyffredin”) is the catalogue provided for in Council Directive 2002/53/EC on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species M2 and in Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed M3.
[F1(c)“European Single Market State” (“Gwladwriaeth y Farchnad Sengl Ewropeaidd”) means an EEA state or Switzerland.]
(2) In these Regulations all references to—
(a)Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed M4,
(b)Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed M5,
(c)Council Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed M6,
(d)Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants M7,
(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 varieties M8,
(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 varieties M9, F2...
(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 M10, [F3and
(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.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 3(1)(c) inserted (20.3.2019) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/368), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(2)
F2Word in reg. 3(2)(g) omitted (10.5.2013) by virtue of The Seed Marketing (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/889), regs. 1, 3(a)
F3Reg. 3(2)(i) and word inserted (10.5.2013) by The Seed Marketing (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/889), regs. 1, 3(b)
F4Words in reg. 3(2) substituted (10.5.2013) by The Seed Marketing (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/889), regs. 1, 3(c)
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 2001/3510, as amended by S.I. 2004/2949, 2007/1871, 2008/2683, 2009/1273, 2010/1195 and 2011/464.
M2OJ No L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (OJ No L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1).
M3OJ No L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33, as last amended by Commission Directive 2009/74/EC (OJ No L 166, 27.6.2009, p. 40).
M4OJ No L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 12, as last amended by Council Directive 2004/117/EC (OJ No L 14, 18.1.2005, p. 18).
M5OJ No L 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309, as last amended by Commission Directive 2009/74/EC (OJ No L 166, 27.6.2009, p. 40).
M6OJ No L 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298, as last amended by Commission Directive 2009/74/EC (OJ No L 166, 27.6.2009, p. 40).
M7OJ No L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 74, as last amended by Commission Directive 2009/74/EC (OJ No L 166, 27.6.2009, p. 40).
M8OJ No L 162, 21.6.2008, p. 13.
M9OJ No L 312, 27.11.2009, p. 44.
M10OJ No L 228, 31.8.2010, p. 10.
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