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Annex

United Kingdom

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Point 2 of Annex I to Directive 66/402/EEC is replaced by the following:

‘2.

The crop shall conform to the following standards as regards distances from neighbouring sources of pollen which may result in undesirable foreign pollination:

In the areas where the presence of S. halepense or S. sudanense is a particular cross-pollination issue, the following shall apply:

  1. a))

    crops to produce basic seed of Sorghum bicolor or its hybrids must be isolated not less than 800 m from any source of such contaminating pollen;

  2. b))

    crops to produce certified seed of Sorghum bicolor or its hybrids must be isolated not less than 400 m from any source of such contaminating pollen.
CropMinimum distance
Phalaris canariensis, Secale cereale other than hybrids:

—

for the production of basic seed

300 m

—

for the production of certified seed

250 m
Sorghum spp.

—

for the production of basic seedf1

400 m

—

for the production of certified seed

200 m
xTriticosecale, self-pollinating varieties

—

for the production of basic seed

50 m

—

for the production of certified seed

20 m
Zea mays200 m

The minimum distances listed in the table above may be disregarded if there is sufficient protection from any undesirable foreign pollination.’

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Footnotes

f1

In the areas where the presence of S. halepense or S. sudanense is a particular cross-pollination issue, the following shall apply:

  1. a))

    crops to produce basic seed of Sorghum bicolor or its hybrids must be isolated not less than 800 m from any source of such contaminating pollen;

  2. b))

    crops to produce certified seed of Sorghum bicolor or its hybrids must be isolated not less than 400 m from any source of such contaminating pollen.