Paragraph 3 When applications may be refusedI1

a sample taken from the seed lot for the purpose of an official examination to ascertain whether the seed lot meets the appropriate standards specified in Part II of Schedule 4 has not been taken in accordance with regulation 15(1);

an official examination of a control plot sown with a sample of the seed lot sown in the field shows that the crop does not meet the appropriate standards specified in Part I of Schedule 4; or

there has been any breach of seeds regulations in relation to the seed lot in respect of which the application for an official certificate has been made.