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Paragraph 12 Pests in the seedF1I1

Scotland

(1)

The seed must be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.

(2)

The seed must also comply with the requirements concerning F2GB quarantine pests, F3PFA quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to the EU Plant Health Regulation, as well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.

(3)

The presence of RNQPs on the seeds and the respective categories must comply with the requirements set out in the following table—

RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPsPlants for planting (genus or species)Thresholds for pre-basic seedThresholds for basic seedThresholds for certified seed
Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. insidiosus (McCulloch 1925) Davis et al. [CORBIN]Lucerne0%0%0%
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev [DITYDI]Lucerne0%0%0%

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 para. 12 substituted (1.7.2020) by The Seed and Plant Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/165), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(b)

F2

Word in sch. 4 para. 12 substituted (31.12.2020) by S.S.I. 2019/59, reg. 14(24)(b)(i) (as substituted by The Seed, Plant Propagating Material and Forest Reproductive Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/445), regs. 1(1)(b), 15(21)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Word in sch. 4 para. 12 substituted (31.12.2020) by S.S.I. 2019/59, reg. 14(24)(b)(ii) (as substituted by The Seed, Plant Propagating Material and Forest Reproductive Material (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/445), regs. 1(1)(b), 15(21)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 4 para. 12 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)