SCHEDULE 2Certification requirements

PART 4 Oil and fibre

Meaning of “pre-basic seed”33

1

“Pre-basic seed” is seed of a generation prior to basic seed—

a

that has been produced by or under the responsibility of the breeder according to well-defined practices for the maintenance of the variety, and

b

intended to be used for the production of more pre-basic seed, basic seed, or with the breeder's written authority—

i

in the case of black mustard, brown mustard, dioecious hemp, sunflower, swede rape, turnip rape or white mustard, CS seed;

ii

in the case of monoecious hemp or soya bean, C1 or C2 seed;

iii

in the case of flax or linseed, C1, C2 or C3 seed.

2

But in relation to a component of a hybrid variety, “pre-basic seed” means seed of a generation prior to basic seed that is intended to be used for the production of—

a

more pre-basic seed;

b

basic seed; or

c

with the breeder's written authority, CS seed.