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Article 3

United Kingdom

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F11.

Where equivalent seed is ‘relabelled and refastened’ in F2Great Britain, within the meaning of OECD Schemes for the Varietal Certification of Seed moving in International Trade, the provisions of F3the Seeds Marketing Regulations concerning the reclosing of packages produced in F4England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be, shall apply by analogy.

F5...

2.

Where relabelling and refastening in F6Great Britain of equivalent seed is necessary, F7labels shall be used stating F8... “GB rules and standards” only:

(a)

if seeds produced in F9Great Britain and seeds of the same variety and category produced in F10countries listed in Annex 1 are blended in order to improve the germination capacity, provided that:

  • the blend is homogeneous, and

  • the label mentions each country of production; or

(b)

for F11beet, fodder or vegetable seed, small packages within the meaning of F12 the Seeds Marketing Regulations.

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

Words in Art. 3(1) substituted (15.4.2021) by The Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Fodder Plant Seed (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/393), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(a)(i)

F3

Words in Art. 3(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(4)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Words in Art. 3(1) substituted (15.4.2021) by The Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Fodder Plant Seed (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/393), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(a)(ii)

F5

Words in Art. 3(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(4)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6

Words in Art. 3(2) substituted (15.4.2021) by The Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Fodder Plant Seed (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/393), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(b)(i)(aa)

F7

Words in Art. 3(2) 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(4)(b)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 30(3)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8

Words in Art. 3(2) omitted (15.4.2021) by virtue of The Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Fodder Plant Seed (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/393), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(b)(i)(bb)

F9

Words in Art. 3(2)(a) substituted (15.4.2021) by The Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Fodder Plant Seed (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/393), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(b)(ii)

F10

Words in Art. 3(2)(a) 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(4)(b)(iii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F11

Words in Art. 3(2)(b) 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(4)(b)(iv)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F12

Words in Art. 3(2)(b) 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(4)(b)(iv)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)