# Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants, Division 5 Extent: E+W+S+N.I. The seed shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the propagating material. The seed shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as well as with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation. The presence of RNQPs on the seeds and the respective categories shall comply with the following requirements as set out in the table: Fungi and oomycetes RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs Plants for planting (genus or species) Thresholds for pre-basic seed Thresholds for basic seed Thresholds for certified seed Alternaria linicola Groves & Skolko [ALTELI] Linum usitatissimum L. 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp Boeremia exigua var. linicola (Naumov & Vassiljevsky) Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley [PHOMEL] Linum usitatissimum L. - flax 1 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp 1 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp 1 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp Boeremia exigua var. linicola (Naumov & Vassiljevsky) Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley [PHOMEL] Linum usitatissimum L. - linseed 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp Botrytis cinerea de Bary [BOTRCI] Helianthus annuus L., Linum usitatissimum L. 5 % 5 % 5 % Colletotrichum lini Westerdijk [COLLLI] Linum usitatissimum L. 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp Diaporthe caulivora (Athow & Caldwell) J.M. Santos, Vrandecic & A.J.L. Phillips [DIAPPC] Diaporthe phaseolorum var. sojae Lehman [DIAPPS] Glycine max (L.) Merr 15 % for infection with the Phomopsis complex 15 % for infection with the Phomopsis complex 15 % for infection with the Phomopsis complex Fusarium (anamorphic genus) Link [1FUSAG] other than Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis (Kill. & Maire) W.L. Gordon [FUSAAL] and Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg & O’Donnell [GIBBCI] Linum usitatissimum L. 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp 5 % 5 % affected with Alternaria linicola , Boeremia exigua var. linicola , Colletotrichium lini and Fusarium spp Plasmopara halstedii (Farlow) Berlese & de Toni [PLASHA] Helianthus annuus L. 0 % 0 % 0 % Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Libert) de Bary [SCLESC] Brassica rapa L. var. silvestris (Lam.) Briggs, Not more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC. Not more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC. Not more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Libert) de Bary [SCLESC] Brassica napus L. (partim), Helianthus annuus L. Not more than 10 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC Not more than 10 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC Not more than 10 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Libert) de Bary [SCLESC] Sinapis alba L. Not more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC Not more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC. Not more than 5 sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia found in a laboratory examination of a representative sample of each seed lot, of a size specified in column 4 of Annex III to Directive 2002/57/EC. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/57/annex/II/division/I/division/5 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-57/annex-II/division-I/division-5 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.