Article 3

United Kingdom

Member States shall provide that cereal seed may not be placed on the market unless it has been officially certified as ‘ basic seed ’ , ‘ certified seed ’ , ‘ certified seed, first generation ’ or ‘ certified seed, second generation ’ .

The Member States shall, for the purposes of certificationF2 and marketing, fix the maximum moisture content of basic seed and certified seed of all kinds.

The Member States shall ensure that the official examinations of seed are carried out in accordance with current international methods, insofar as such methods exist.

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F1: Substituted by Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998 amending, in respect of the consolidation of the internal market, genetically modified plant varieties and plant genetic resources, Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species.
F2: Deleted by Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998 amending, in respect of the consolidation of the internal market, genetically modified plant varieties and plant genetic resources, Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species.