# The Seed Marketing Regulations 2011, Paragraph 15: Crop and seed requirements

Extent: E+W+S+NI

(1) Crop inspections by official or licensed crop inspectors must be carried out in accordance with Article 2(3)(A) (a) to (d) of, and Annex I to, Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, and the crop must satisfy the conditions in that Annex.
(2) The seed produced by the crop must be sampled in accordance with Article 7 of, and Annex III to, that Directive (except paragraphs 1a(f) and 1b of Article 7) and must satisfy the conditions in Annex II to that Directive.
(2A) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), Council Directive 66/402/EEC is to be read as if—
(a) in Article 2(3)(A)(a)(iii), for “officially licensed by the seed certification authority of the Member State concerned” there were substituted “ licensed by the Secretary of State ”;
(b) in Article 7—
(i) the reference to “Member States” were a reference to “The Secretary of State”;
(ii) in paragraph 1a(a), for “seed certification authority of the Member State concerned” there were substituted “ Secretary of State ”.
(3) The moisture content must not exceed 17% by weight.
(4) The crop and the seed produced by the crop must be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.
(5) The crop and the seed produced by the crop must comply with the requirements concerning GB quarantine pests, PFA quarantine pests and RNQPs set out in implementing acts adopted pursuant to the EU Plant Health Regulation, and measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/463/schedule/2/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-15
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