Paragraph 6 Standards for varietal purity, species purity and wild oats

Crops to produce	Level	Varietal purity (excluding rye^f1 and maize^f2) percentage by number	Species purity (excluding rye and maize) percentage by number	Wild oats^f3 maximum number per hectare
				oats	barley	wheat durum and spelt wheat	rye and maize	triticale
* Wild oats — Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena luoviciana.
! For rye the number of plants of the same crop species which are recognisable as obviously not being true to the variety shall not exceed one per 30 sq m for the production of Basic Seed and one per 10 sq m for the production of Certified Seed.
+ Crops to produce seeds at the Higher Voluntary Standard must not be more than one—third laid at the time of inspection.
# For maize, the crop shall comply with the standards set out in paragraph 8(d) below.
Basic Seed Minimum	^f4Higher Voluntary Standard	99.95	99.99	Nil	7	7	—	—
Basic Seed Minimum	standard	99.9	No standard	Nil	7	7	7	7
Certified Seed	—	—	—	—	—	—	50	—
Certified Seed of the First Generation	Higher Voluntary Standard	99.9	99.99	Nil	7	7	—	—
Certified Seed of the First Generation	Minimum Standard	99.7	No standard	Nil	20	50	—	50
Certified Seed of the Second Generation	Higher Voluntary Standard	99.7	99.99	Nil	7	7	—	—
Certified Seed of the Second Generation	Minimum Standard	99.0	No standard	Nil	20	50	—	—

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

For rye the number of plants of the same crop species which are recognisable as obviously not being true to the variety shall not exceed one per 30 sq m for the production of Basic Seed and one per 10 sq m for the production of Certified Seed.

f2

For maize, the crop shall comply with the standards set out in paragraph 8(d) below.

f3

Wild oats — Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena luoviciana.

f4

Crops to produce seeds at the Higher Voluntary Standard must not be more than one—third laid at the time of inspection.