Division 1

United Kingdom

Seed shall be officially certified and its packages officially closed and marked in accordance with national rules for the application of the OECD Schemes for the Varietal Certification of Seed moving in International Trade as follows; the seed lots shall be accompanied by the certificates required under those OECD schemes:

sugar beet and fodder beet seed, in the case of Beta vulgaris referred to in Directive 2002/54/EC,
grass and legume seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 66/401/EEC,
crucifer seed and other oil or fibre species seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directives 66/401/EEC and 2002/57/EC,
cereal seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 66/402/EEC, other than Zea mays and Sorghum spp.,
maize and sorghum seed, in the case of Zea mays and Sorghum spp. referred to in Directive 66/402/EECF1,
F2vegetable seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 2002/55/EC.

Moreover, seed shall satisfy the conditions of F3the Seeds Marketing Regulations other than those relating to varietal identity and varietal purity.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Decision (EU) 2018/1674 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Federative Republic of Brazil on fodder plant seed-producing crops and cereal seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of fodder plant seed and cereal seed produced in the Federative Republic of Brazil, and as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Republic of Moldova on cereal seed-producing crops, vegetable seed-producing crops and oil and fibre plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of cereal seed, vegetable seed and oil and fibre plant seed produced in the Republic of Moldova.
F2: Inserted by Decision (EU) 2018/1674 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Federative Republic of Brazil on fodder plant seed-producing crops and cereal seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of fodder plant seed and cereal seed produced in the Federative Republic of Brazil, and as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Republic of Moldova on cereal seed-producing crops, vegetable seed-producing crops and oil and fibre plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of cereal seed, vegetable seed and oil and fibre plant seed produced in the Republic of Moldova.
F3: Words in Annex 2 para. B point 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(6)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on Division B

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Annex 2 para. B heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(6)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)