# The Seed Marketing Regulations 2011, Paragraph 28: 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 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, and the crop must satisfy the conditions in that Annex.
(1A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), Council Directive 66/401/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 Annex 1, in paragraph 4, in the second sub-paragraph, the words from “Upon” to the end were omitted.
(2) The seed produced by the crop must be sampled in accordance with Annex III to that Directive, and must satisfy the conditions in Annex II to that Directive.
(3) 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.
(4) The crop and 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/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-28
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