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Paragraph 2D F1F2

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The OECD label attached to the seed lot and any supplier's document accompanying the seed lot must contain the following additional information in relation to the seed lot assessed, so far as is practical in all the circumstances, using internationally accepted techniques—

(a)

the percentage by weight of pure seed, other seed and inert matter;

(b)

the germination percentage of pure seed, or where it is impossible or impractical to assess the germination percentage, the viability percentage assessed by reference to a method which must be described;

(c)

the weight of 1000 pure seeds;

(d)

the number of germinable seeds per kilogram of the seed, or where it is impossible or impractical to assess the number of germinable seeds, the number of viable seeds per kilogram;

(e)

in the case of a seed lot of closely related species which does not reach a minimum species purity of 99%, the species purity.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 13 inserted (22.3.2019) by The Forest Reproductive Material (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/50), regs. 1, 9

F2

Sch. 13 Pts. 1A, 1B inserted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 38(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)