{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-wales-regulations-2012/schedule-4/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-wales-regulations-2012/schedule-4/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2012/245",
  "legislation_title": "The Seed Marketing (Wales) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-wales-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Seed not finally certified, harvested in a country granted equivalence",
  "text": "(1) Seed harvested in a country granted equivalence may be certified if—\n(a) it has been produced directly from—\n(i) basic seed or certified seed of the first generation certified either in the United Kingdom, a Crown Dependency (provided such seed has been produced under legislation recognised by the Welsh Ministers to have equivalent effect to these Regulations) or a country granted equivalence; or\n(ii) the crossing of basic seed officially certified in the United Kingdom or a Crown Dependency (provided such seed has been produced under legislation recognised by the Welsh Ministers to have equivalent effect to these Regulations) with basic seed certified in a country granted equivalence;\n(b) it has undergone field inspection in accordance with Council Decision 2003/17/EC;\n(c) examination has shown that the conditions for seed of that category are satisfied;\n(d) it is accompanied by a certificate from the competent authority of the country of origin certifying its status.\n(2) The label must be grey.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 17(1) 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(13)(m)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 17(1)(a)(i) 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(13)(m)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 17(1)(a)(ii) 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(13)(m)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 17 heading 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(13)(m)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/245/schedule/4/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:02.444543+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}