# The Seed Marketing Regulations 2010 (revoked) S.I. 2010/2605 · made 23 October 2010 · revised to 1 April 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2010-revoked/pdf/uksi_20102605_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2010-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20102605_en.pdf ## Introductory text Seeds, England Made 23rd October 2010 Laid before Parliament 28th October 2010 Coming into force 22nd November 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Introduction ## 1 Title, application and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Meaning of “marketing” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Interpretation of other terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Categories of seed ## 4 Seed to which these Regulations apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Categories of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Breeder's seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Maintainers for pre-basic and basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Marketing seed ## 8 Marketing seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Overriding requirements: the building blocks necessary for certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Detailed requirements for certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Crop inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Standard of seed at the time of marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Re-grading a crop or seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Control plots and tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Packaging and sealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Labelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Mixtures of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Licensing ## 20 Operations requiring a licence from the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Licensing crop inspectors, seed samplers and seed testing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 General provisions relating to licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Administration and revocations ## 23 Withdrawing certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Sampling for enforcement purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Forms of certificates used for enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Certification for export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Importation from outside the European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Marketing seed under a specific derogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Licensing and certifying in another part of the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 Seed to which these Regulations apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Certification requirements ### Part 1: Beet ## 1 Scope of Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation of Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Permitted types of beet seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Meaning of “pre-basic seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Meaning of “basic seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Meaning of “certified seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Crop and seed requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Cereals ### Chapter 1: Types of seed ## 8 Scope of Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Permitted types of cereal seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Meaning of “pre-basic seed” (including hybrids) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Meaning of “basic seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Meaning of “certified seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Meaning of “certified seed, first generation” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Meaning of “certified seed, second generation” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Crop and seed requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Higher voluntary standards ## 16 Higher voluntary standards for cereals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Additional requirements for barley, wheat, durum wheat and spelt wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Seed from other plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Ergot and sclerotia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Fodder plants ### Chapter 1: Basic standards ## 20 Scope of Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Permitted types of fodder seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Meaning of “pre-basic seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Meaning of “basic seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Meaning of “certified seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Meaning of “certified seed, first generation” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Meaning of “certified seed, second generation” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Meaning of “commercial seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Crop and seed requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Higher voluntary standards ## 29 Higher voluntary standards for fodder seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Minimum standards for purity and other species of seed in the sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: Oil and fibre ## 31 Scope of Part 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Permitted types of oil and fibre seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Meaning of “pre-basic seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Meaning of “basic seed” for non-hybrid varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Meaning of “basic seed” for inbred lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Meaning of “basic seed” for simple hybrids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Meaning of “certified seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Meaning of “certified seed, first generation” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Meaning of “certified seed, second generation” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Meaning of “certified seed, third generation” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Meaning of “commercial seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Crop and seed requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Requirements for a varietal association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 5: Vegetables ## 44 Scope of Part 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Permitted types of vegetable seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Meaning of “pre-basic seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Meaning of “basic seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Meaning of “certified seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Meaning of “standard seed” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Crop and seed requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Labelling and loose sales ### Part 1: Introduction ## 1 Types of label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Time of labelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Genetically modified varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Chemical treatment of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Official labels ## 5 Official labels: general requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Official labels for pre-basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Official labels for basic seed and certified seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Official labels for commercial seed not certified as to variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Labelling mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Additional requirements for official labels for specific species ## 10 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Additional requirements for beet seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Additional requirements for cereal seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Additional requirements for fodder seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Additional requirements for oil and fibre seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: Supplier's labels ## 15 Meaning of “supplier's label” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Labelling a package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 References to weights in this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Breeder's seed: supplier's labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Beet seed: supplier's labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Cereal seed: supplier's labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Fodder seed (agricultural or amenity): packages that may be labelled with a supplier's label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Fodder seed other than a mixture: labelling requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Fodder seed mixture: labelling requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Oil and fibre seed: supplier's labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Vegetable seed: supplier's labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 5: Sales of loose seed ## 26 Sales of loose seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Exceptions ### Part 1: Supply of seed other than by way of marketing ## 1 Early multiplication of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Seed as grown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Farm saved seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Marketing seed that does not comply with Schedule 2 ## 4 Seed with a declared lower germination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Early movement of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Tetrazolium testing for cereal seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Marketing agricultural conservation varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Marketing preservation mixtures that include uncertified fodder seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Marketing unlisted varieties (other than vegetable seed) for tests and trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Marketing unlisted varieties of vegetable seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Marketing for scientific or selection purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Restrictions relating to genetically modified seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Marketing imported seed to be labelled as HVS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Marketing seed certified in another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Certifying seed that does not fully comply with these Regulations ## 15 Seed not finally certified, harvested in another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Seed not finally certified, harvested in a third country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Marketing extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2605 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2010-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.