# Commission Directive of 15 December 1988 determining the groups of varieties of spinach beet and beetroot referred to crop isolation conditions of Annex I to Council Directive 70/458/EEC on the marketing of vegetable seed (89/14/EEC), Division III: Beta vulgaris L. var. conditiva Alef., red beet or beetroot.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Subject to point I, varieties shall be classified in six groups, according to their characteristics, as follows:
Group
Characteristics
(1)
(2)
1
Transverse narrow elliptic or transverse elliptic shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh red or purple.
2
Circular or broad elliptic shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh white.
3
Circular or broad elliptic shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh yellow.
4
Circular or broad elliptic shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh red or purple.
5
Narrow oblong shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh red or purple.
6
Narrow obtriangular shape of root longitudinal section and root flesh red or purple.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1989/14/annex/division/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-14/annex/division-III
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