Paragraph 25 Crop and seed requirements

(1)

Crop inspections by official or licensed crop inspectors must be carried out in accordance with Article 2(3)(A)F1(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.

F2(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 Department ”;

(b)

in Annex I, in paragraph 4, in the second sub-paragraph, the words from “Upon” to the end were omitted.

F3(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 Department”;

(b)

in Annex 1, in Part 4, in the second sub-paragraph, the words from “Upon” to “appropriate means” were omitted.

(2)

The seed produced by the crop must be sampled in accordance with Article 7 of, and Annex III to, that Directive, and must satisfy the conditions in Annex II to that Directive.

F4(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 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 measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 2 para. 25(1) 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), 50(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Sch. 2 para. 25(1A) 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), 50(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Sch. 2 para. 25(1A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Seed Marketing and Fertilisers (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/319), regs. 1, 3(f)
F4: Sch. 2 para. 25(3)(4) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 25(3) (28.12.2020) by The Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/301), regs. 1, 2(4)(c) (as amended by S.R. 2020/322, regs. 1, 2)