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Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 1 words substituted by Cereal Seeds 2000 reg. 8(b)(i)
Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 3 words substituted by Cereal Seeds 2000 reg. 8(b)(ii)(a)
Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 3 Table words inserted by Cereal Seeds 2000 reg. 8(b)(ii)(b)
Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 1 substituted by Cereal Seeds 1999 reg. 2(6)
Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 3 words substituted by Cereal Seeds 1999 reg. 2(7)(a)
Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 3 words inserted by Cereal Seeds 1999 reg. 2(7)(b)
Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 1 substituted by Cereal Seeds 2001 reg. 8(3)(a)
Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 3(1) words substituted by Cereal Seeds 2001 reg. 8(3)(b)(i)
Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 3(1) words inserted by Cereal Seeds 2001 reg. 8(3)(b)(ii)
Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 3(a) words substituted by Cereal Seeds 1995 reg. 2(5)
Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 3(b) substituted by Cereal Seeds 1995 reg. 2(6)

The seeds shall comply with the following standards:—

(a)

Oats, barley, wheat, durum wheat and spelt wheat

		Minimum Standard	Higher Voluntary Standard
Germination (% by number)	All categories	85	85
Analytical Purity (% by weight)	Basic Seed (except triticale)	99	99
	Basic Seed (triticale)	98	—
	All other categories	98	99

In the case of varieties of Avena sativa which are officially classified as “naked oat” types the minimum germination standard is 75%. In such instances the official label shall be endorsed “minimum germination capacity 75%”.

Sample Purity Standards

Minimum Standard-maximum number of other seeds or structures in 500 g.

	Seeds of Other Plant Species
Category	All other species	Other cultivated cereal species	All species other than cultivated cereals	Avena fatua Avena sterilis, Avena ludoviciana (wild oats) or Lolium temulentum (darnel)	Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish), or Agrostemma githago (corn cockle)	Ergot (pieces)
! Concerning the maximum content of seed of the species Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena ludoviciana or Lolium temulentum. The presence of one seed of one of these species in 500 g shall not be considered an impurity if a search of a further 500 g from the same submitted sample is free.
* Concerning the maximum content of seeds of other cereal species. Where the maximum content is fixed at one seed, a second seed shall not be regarded as an impurity, if a search of a further 500 g from the same submitted sample is free.
Basic Seed	4	1^f1	3	0^f2	1	1
Certified Seed of the First Generation and Certified Seed of the Second Generation	10	7	7	0^f3	3	3

Higher Voluntary Standard-maximum number of other seeds or structures in 1 kg sample

	Seeds of Other Plant Species
Category	All other species	Other cultivated cereal species	All species other than cereal species	Avena fatua Avena sterilis, Avena ludoviciana or Lolium temulentum	Raphanus raphanistrum or Agrostemma githago or Bromus sterilis (sterile brome) or Agropyron repens (Couch)	Ergot (pieces)
! In Basic Seed the nil standard shall apply in respect of Raphanus raphanistrum and Agrostemma githago only.
Basic Seed	1	0	1	0	0^f4	0
Certified Seed of the First Generation	2	1	1	0	1	1
Certified Seed of the Second Generation	4	3	2	0	1	1

(b)

Rye

Germination (% by number)	Basic and Certified Seed	85
Analytical Purity (% by weight)	Basic and Certified Seed	98
Sample Purity Standards
Maximum number of seeds in 500 g.

	Seeds of Other Plant Species
Category	All other species	Other cultivated cereal species	All species other than cultivated cereals	Avena fatua Avena sterilis, Avena ludoviciana or Lolium temulentum	Raphanus raphanistrum or Agrostemma githago	Ergot (pieces)
! Concerning the maximum content of seed of the species Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena ludoviciana or Lolium temulentum. The presence of one seed of one of these species in 500 g shall not be considered an impurity if a search of a further 500 g from the same submitted sample is free.
* Concerning the maximum content of seeds of other cereal species.Where the maximum content is fixed at one seed, a second seed shall not be regarded as an impurity, if a search of a further 500 g from the same submitted sample is free.
Basic Seed	4	1	3	0^f5	1	1
Certified Seed …	10	7	7	0	3	3

(c)

Maize

Germination (% by number)	All categories …	90
Analytical Purity (% by weight) …	All categories …	98
Sample Purity Standards	Maximum content of seeds of other plant species (number of seeds in 250 g) (All categories)	Nil

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Concerning the maximum content of seeds of other cereal species. Where the maximum content is fixed at one seed, a second seed shall not be regarded as an impurity, if a search of a further 500 g from the same submitted sample is free.

f2

Concerning the maximum content of seed of the species Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena ludoviciana or Lolium temulentum. The presence of one seed of one of these species in 500 g shall not be considered an impurity if a search of a further 500 g from the same submitted sample is free.

f3

Concerning the maximum content of seeds of other cereal species.Where the maximum content is fixed at one seed, a second seed shall not be regarded as an impurity, if a search of a further 500 g from the same submitted sample is free.

f4

In Basic Seed the nil standard shall apply in respect of Raphanus raphanistrum and Agrostemma githago only.

f5

Concerning the maximum content of seed of the species Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena ludoviciana or Lolium temulentum. The presence of one seed of one of these species in 500 g shall not be considered an impurity if a search of a further 500 g from the same submitted sample is free.