SCHEDULE 2Certification requirements

PART 4 Oil and fibre

Requirements for a varietal association43

1

Seed marketed as a varietal association must comply with this paragraph.

2

The varietal association must be an association of certified CS seed of a specified pollinator-dependant hybrid variety with certified CS seed of one or more specified pollinator varieties both of which have been accepted on to the United Kingdom National List or the Common Catalogue.

3

The seed of the female and male components of a varietal association must have been dressed using seed dressings of different colours.

4

The seed must be mechanically combined in the proportions jointly determined by the persons responsible for the maintenance of these components.

5

The proportions must be notified to the Welsh Ministers by the person responsible for the maintenance of the pollinator-dependent hybrid and pollinators within the varietal association.

6

In this paragraph—

a

“pollinator-dependent hybrid” (“hybrid peillydd-ddibynnol”) means the male-sterile component within the varietal association (female component);

b

“pollinator” (“peillydd”) means a component shedding pollen within a varietal association.