Paragraph 15 Crop and seed requirements

England and Wales

(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 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed M1, 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 F2(except paragraphs 1a(f) and 1b of Article 7) and must satisfy the conditions in Annex II to that Directive.

F3(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 Welsh Ministers ”;

(b)

in Article 7—

(i)

references to “Member States” were references to “Welsh Ministers”;

(ii)

in paragraph 1a(a), for “seed certification authority of the Member State concerned” there were substituted “ Welsh Ministers ”.

(3)

The maximum moisture content must not exceed 17% by weight.

F4(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 F5GB quarantine pests, F6PFA 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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 2 para. 15(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/368), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(11)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Sch. 2 para. 15(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/368), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(11)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Sch. 2 para. 15(2A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/368), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(11)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Sch. 2 para. 15(4)(5) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 15(4) (29.8.2020) by The Marketing of Seed, Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/833), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)
F5: Word in Sch. 2 para. 15 substituted (31.12.2022) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1333), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)(ii)
F6: Word in Sch. 2 para. 15 substituted (31.12.2022) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1333), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)(i)

Marginal citations

M1: OJ No L 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309, as last amended by Commission Directive 2009/74/EC (OJ No L 166, 27.6.2009, p. 40).