50.—(1) Crop inspections by official or licensed crop inspectors must be carried out in accordance with Article 2(4)(A) of, and Annex I to, Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed M1, and the crop must satisfy the conditions in that Annex.
(2) The seed produced by the crop must be sampled in accordance with Article 25 of, and Annex III to, that Directive and must satisfy the conditions in Annex II to that Directive.
(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of standard seed.
[F1(4) The crop and seed produced by the crop must be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.
(4A) The crop and seed produced by the crop must comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs set out in implementing acts adopted pursuant to the EU Plant Health Regulation, and measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.]
(5) After marketing, vegetable seed is subject to control by the Welsh Ministers for varietal identity and varietal purity.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 50(4)(4A) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 50(4) (29.8.2020) by The Marketing of Seed, Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/833), regs. 1, 4(2)(d)
Marginal Citations
M1OJ 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).