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Division 2

United Kingdom

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Minimum weight of a sample

SpeciesWeight (in g)
Allium cepa 25
F1Allium fistulosum 15
Allium porrum 20
Allium sativum 20
Allium schoenoprasum 15
Anthricus cerefolium 20
Apium graveolens 5
Asparagus officinalis 100
Beta vulgaris 100
Brassica oleracea 25
F2
Brassica rapa 20
Capsicum annuum 40
F3Cichorium intybus (Witloof Chicory Group, Leaf Chicory Gro 15
Cichorium intybus (Industrial (Root) Chicory Group) 50
Cichorium endivia 15
Citrullus lanatus 250
Cucumis melo 100
Cucumis sativus 25
Cucurbita maxima 250
Cucurbita pepo 150
Cynara cardunculus 50
Daucus carota 10
Foeniculum vulgare 25
Lactuca sativa 10
F4Solanum lycopersicum L. 20
Petroselinum crispum 10
Phaseolus coccineus 1 000
Phaseolus vulgaris 700
Pisum sativum 500
Raphanus sativus 50
Rheum rhabarbarum 135
Scorzonera hispanica 30
Solanum melongena 20
Spinacia oleracea 75
Valerianella locusta 20
Vicia faba 1 000
Zea mays 1 000

In the case of F-1 hybrid varieties of the above species, the minimum weight of the sample may be decreased to a quarter of the specified weight. However the sample must have a weight of at least 5 g and consist of at least 400 seeds.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Inserted by Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006 amending Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed and Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed (Text with EEA relevance).

F2

Deleted by Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006 amending Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed and Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed (Text with EEA relevance).

F3

Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990 of 17 June 2019 amending the list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b) of Council Directive 2002/55/EC, in Annex II to Council Directive 2008/72/EC and in the Annex to Commission Directive 93/61/EEC (Text with EEA relevance).

F4

Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive 2013/45/EU of 7 August 2013 amending Council Directives 2002/55/EC and 2008/72/EC and Commission Directive 2009/145/EC as regards the botanical name of tomato (Text with EEA relevance).