# The Seed and Plant Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993


(1) The Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—
(a) after the definition of “Directive 2001/18/EC” insert—
““the EU Plant Health Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC ;”,
(b) after the definition of “official post control” insert—
““protected zone quarantine pest” has the meaning given in Article 32 (recognition of protected zones), paragraph 1 of the EU Plant Health Regulation;”,
(c) after the definition of “region of origin” insert—
““RNQP” means a Union regulated non-quarantine pest within the meaning given in Article 36 (definition of Union regulated non-quarantine pests) of the EU Plant Health Regulation;”, and
(d) after the definition of “small package” insert—
““Union quarantine pest” has the meaning given in Article 4 (definition of Union quarantine pests) of the EU Plant Health Regulation.”.
(3) For schedule 1 (kinds of seed to which these Regulations apply) substitute—
“SCHEDULE 1
KINDS OF SEED TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS APPLY
Reg 4(1)
Latin Name
Common Name / Kind
Allium cepa L.
Cepa Group (Onion, Echalion)
Allium porrum L.
Leek – all varieties
Apium graveolens L.
Celery Group
Celeriac Group
Asparagus officinalis L.
Asparagus – all varieties
Beta vulgaris L.
Garden Beet Group (Beetroot including Cheltenham beet)
Leaf Beet Group (Spinach beet or Chard)
Brassica oleracea L.
Kale Group (including Curly Kale and Borecole) Cauliflower Group
Capitata Group (Red cabbage and White cabbage)
Brussels Sprouts Group
Kohlrabi Group
Savoy Cabbage Group
Broccoli Group (calabrese type and sprouting type)
Palm Kale Group
Tronchuda Group (Portuguese cabbage)
Brassica rapa L.
Chinese Cabbage Group
Vegetable Turnip Group
Cichorium endivia L.
Endive – all varieties
Cucumis melo L.
Melon – all varieties
Cucumis sativus L.
Cucumber Group
Gherkin Group
Cucurbita maxima Dutchesne
Gourd – all varieties
Cucurbita pepo L.
Marrow, including mature pumpkin and scallop squash, courgette, including immature scallop squash – all varieties
Daucus carota L.
Carrot and fodder Carrot – all varieties
Lactuca sativa L.
Lettuce – all varieties
Solanum lycopersicum L.
Tomato – all varieties
Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A. W. Hill
Leaf Parsley Group and
Root Parsley Group
Phaseolus coccineus L.
Runner Bean – all varieties
Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Dwarf French Bean Group
Climbing French Bean Group
Pisum sativum L.
Round Pea Group
Wrinkled Pea Group
Sugar Pea Group
Raphanus sativus L.
Radish Group
Black Radish Group
Spinacia oleracea L.
Spinach – all varieties
Vicia faba L.
Broad bean – all varieties
Zea mays L.
Sweet Corn Group
Popcorn Group
This table includes hybrids of the species and Groups listed.”.
(4) In schedule 4 (requirements for certain categories of seed)—
(a) in Part 1 (basic and certified seed)—
(i) for paragraph 4 substitute—
“Crop health
4. The crop must—
(a) be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the propagation material; and
(b) comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to the EU Plant Health Regulation, as well as with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.”,
(ii) in paragraph 7—
(aa) for the heading “Beta vulgaris L. var. vulgaris, Spinach beet, chard” in the table substitute “Beta vulgaris L. – Leaf Beet Group”,
(bb) for the heading “Beta vulgaris L. Var. conditiva Alef., red beet or beetroot” in the table substitute “Beta vulgaris L. – Garden Beet Group”,
(iii) in paragraph 8—
(aa) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) for crops of those Groups listed in the first column of the table, the minimum varietal purity standards must be:—
Kind
Varietal purity percentage by number in crops to produce
Basic Seed
Certified Seed
Kale Group (including Curly Kale and Borecole)
Cauliflower Group
Capitata Group (Red cabbage and White cabbage)
Brussels Sprouts Group
Kohlrabi Group
Savoy Cabbage Group
Broccoli Group (calabrese type and sprouting type)
Palm Kale Group
Tronchuda Group (Portuguese cabbage)
99.8
99.5
Chinese Cabbage Group
Vegetable Turnip Group
99.7
98.0
Dwarf French Bean Group
Climbing French Bean Group
99.8
99.0
Broad Beans
99.7
99.0
Round Pea Group
Wrinkled Pea Group
Sugar Pea Group
99.995
99.995
”,
(bb) in sub-paragraph (b), for the table substitute—
“
Kind
Basic Seed
Certified Seed
Dwarf French Bean Group
Climbing French Bean Group
0.1
0.5
Broad Beans
NIL
NIL
Round Pea Group
Wrinkled Pea Group
Sugar Pea Group
NIL
NIL
”,
(b) in Part 2 (conditions relating to certain categories of seed)—
(i) in paragraph 2—
(aa) in sub-paragraph (a), for the table substitute—
“
Kind
Minimum analytical purity(% by weight)
Maximum content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)
Minimum germination (% of pure seed or pellets)
(1)For the categories Pre-basic Seed, Basic Seeds and Certified Seed of these kinds, the minimum submitted sample weight must be: Broad Bean 4000g, Climbing French Bean / Dwarf French Bean 3000g, Pea 2000g.
Asparagus
96
0.5
70
Beans
Broad bean
98
0.1
80
Climbing French Bean Group
98
0.1
75
Dwarf French Bean Group
98
0.1
75
Runner bean
98
0.1
80
Garden Beet Group (Beetroot including Cheltenham beet)
97
0.5
50 (Clusters)
Leaf Beet Group (Spinach beet or Chard)
97
0.5
70 (Clusters)
Brassica
Broccoli Group (calabrese type & sprouting type)
97
1
75
Brussels Sprouts Group
97
1
75
Capitata Group (Red cabbage and White cabbage)
97
1
75
Cauliflower Group
97
1
70
Chinese Cabbage Group
97
1
75
Kale Group (including Curly Kale & borecole)
97
1
75
Kohlrabi Group
97
1
75
Palm Kale Group
97
1
75
Savoy Cabbage Group
97
1
75
Tronchuda Group (Portuguese cabbage)
97
1
75
Vegetable Turnip Group
97
1
80
Carrot and fodder Carrot
95
1
65
Celeriac Group
97
1
70
Celery Group
97
1
70
Cepa Group (Onion, Echalion)
97
0.5
70
Cucumber Group
98
0.1
80
Endive
95
1
65
Gherkin Group
98
0.1
80
Leek
97
0.5
65
Lettuce
95
0.5
75
Marrow, including mature pumpkin and scallop squash, courgette, including immature scallop squash
98
0.1
75
Melon
98
0.1
75
Parsley – Leaf and Root Group
97
1
65
Pea
Round Pea Group
98
0.1
80
Sugar Pea Group
98
0.1
80
Wrinkled Pea Group
98
0.1
80
Radish and Black Radish Groups
97
1
70
Spinach
97
1
75
Sweet Corn / Popcorn Groups
98
0.1
85
Tomato
97
0.5
75
”,
(bb) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b) The presence of RNQPs on vegetable seed must, at least upon visual inspection, not exceed the respective thresholds set out in the following table:—
Bacteria
Column 1
RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs
Column 2
Genus or species of vegetable seed
Column 3
Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on the vegetable seed
Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. [CORBMI]
Tomato – all varieties
0%
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli (Smith) Vauterin et al. [XANTPH]
Dwarf French bean group and Climbing French bean group
0%
Xanthomonas euvesicatoria Jones et al. [XANTEU]
Tomato – all varieties
0%
Xanthomonas fuscans subsp. fuscans Schaad et al. [XANTFF]
Dwarf French bean group and Climbing French bean group
0%
Xanthomonas gardneri (ex Šutič 1957) Jones et al. [XANTGA]
Tomato – all varieties
0%
Xanthomonas perforans Jones et al. [XANTPF]
Tomato – all varieties
0%
Xanthomonas vesicatoria (ex Doidge) Vauterin et al. [XANTVE]
Tomato – all varieties
0%
Insects and mites
Column 1
RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs
Column 2
Genus or species of vegetable seed
Column 3
Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on the vegetable seed
Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) [ACANOB]
Runner beans – all varieties, Dwarf French bean group and Climbing French bean group
0%
Bruchus pisorum (Linnaeus) [BRCHPI]
Round pea group, wrinkled pea group and sugar pea group
0%
Bruchus rufimanus Boheman [BRCHRU]
Broad beans – all varieties
0%
Nematodes
Column 1
RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs
Column 2
Genus or species of vegetable seed
Column 3
Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on the vegetable seed
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev [DITYDI]
Cepa group (onion, echalion), Leek – all varieties
0%
Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas
Column 1
RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs
Column 2
Genus or species of vegetable seed
Column 3
Threshold for the presence of RNQPs on the vegetable seed
Pepino mosaic virus [PEPMV0]
Tomato – all varieties
0%
Potato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0]
Tomato – all varieties
0%
”,
(ii) for paragraph 3 substitute—
“3. Seed must—
(a) be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the propagation material; and
(b) comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to the EU Plant Health Regulation, as well as with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.”.
(5) In schedule 5, Part 2 (maximum weight of a seed lot and minimum weight of a submitted sample), for the table substitute—
“
Kind
Maximum lot weight (tonnes)
Minimum submitted sample weight (g)
(1)For the categories Pre-basic Seed, Basic Seeds and Certified Seed of these kinds, the minimum submitted sample weight must be: Broad Bean 4000g, Climbing French Bean / Dwarf French Bean 3000g, all Pea groups 2000g.
(2)For the category Standards Seed of these kinds the minimum submitted sample weight must be 25g.
Asparagus
10
100
Beans
Broad bean
30
1,000
Climbing French Bean Group
30
700
Dwarf French Bean Group
30
700
Runner bean
30
1,000
Garden Beet Group (Beetroot including Cheltenham beet)
20
100
Leaf Beet Group (Spinach beet or Chard)
20
100
Brassica
Broccoli Group (calabrese type & sprouting type)
10
50
Brussels Sprouts Group
10
50
Capitata Group (Red cabbage and White cabbage)
10
50
Cauliflower Group
10
50
Chinese cabbage Group
10
50
Kale Group (including Curly Kale & borecole)
10
50
Kohlrabi Group
10
50
Palm Kale Group
10
50
Savoy Cabbage Group
10
50
Tronchuda Group (Portuguese cabbage)
10
50
Vegetable Turnip Group
10
50
Carrot and fodder Carrot
10
25
Celeriac Group
10
Celery Group
10
25
Cepa Group (Onion, Echalion)
10
25
Cucumber Group
20
25
Endive
10
25
Gherkin Group
20
25
Leaf & Root Parsley Groups
10
25
Leek
10
25
Lettuce
10
30
Marrow, including mature pumpkin and scallop squash, courgette, including immature scallop squash
20
150
Melon
20
100
Pea
Round Pea Group
30
500
Sugar Pea Group
30
500
Wrinkled Pea Group
30
500
Radish and Black Radish Groups
10
50
Spinach
10
75
Sweet Corn / Popcorn Groups
20
1,000
Tomato
10
25
”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/165/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seed-and-plant-material-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-2
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