Paragraph 7 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(A) to, Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet 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 9(2) and Annex II to that Directive, and must satisfy the conditions in Annex I(B) to that Directive.

(3)

The seed must be labelled in accordance with F2Schedule 3.

(4)

The maximum moisture content must not exceed 15% by weight.

(5)

Diseases and harmful organisms that reduce the usefulness of the seed must be at the lowest possible level.

F3(6)

For the purposes of this regulation, Council Directive 2002/54/EC 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 Annex 1—

(i)

in point A—

(aa)

in paragraph 3, for “certification authority” there were substituted “ Welsh Ministers ”;

(bb)

in the last paragraph, for the words from “common” to “that Directive” there were substituted “GB Variety List”;

(ii)

in point B, in paragraph 3(c)—

(aa)

the reference to “Member States” were a reference to “The Welsh Ministers”;

(bb)

the reference to “Community” were omitted.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(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)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(3) substituted (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)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Sch. 2 para. 7(6) 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)(a)(iii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1573, regs. 1(2)(b), 4(3)(h)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Marginal citations

M1: OJ No L 193, 20.7.2002, p.12, as last amended by Council Directive 2004/117/EC (OJ No L 14, 18.1.2005, p.18).