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Regulation 3 Amendment of the Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2004

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(1)

The Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2004f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “Oil and Fibre Plant Seed Directive”f2 substitute—

  • ““Oil and Fibre Plant Seed Directive” means Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plantsf3;”.

(3)

In regulation 7 (mixtures), for “the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993” substitute “the Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005f4”.

(4)

In schedule 4 (requirements for Basic Seed, Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First Generation, Certified Seed of the Second Generation, Certified Seed of the Third Generation and Commercial Seed), in Part II (conditions relating to Basic Seed, Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First Generation, Certified Seed of the Second Generation, Certified Seed of the Third Generation and Commercial Seed), in paragraph 10(a) (standards for varietal purity) for entry (vii) in the table substitute—

“

(vii) Hybrid varieties of swede rape produced using male sterility and their components—
(aa) Basic seed, female component99.0%
(bb) Basic seed, male component99.9%
(cc) Certified seed of winter swede rape varieties (“winter swede rape varieties” being those varieties of swede rape recorded as winter varieties on the UK National List or in the Common Cataloguef5)90.0%
(dd) Certified seed of spring swede rape varieties (“spring swede rape varieties” being those varieties of swede rape recorded as spring varieties on the UK National List or in the Common Cataloguef6)85.0%

”

(5)

In schedule 6, in Part II (labels)—

(a)

in paragraph 5 (official label for a package of Basic Seed or Seed of a Certified Generation), after sub-paragraph (a)(ii) insert—

“(iia)

officially assigned serial number;”;

(b)

in paragraph 6 (official label for a package of Commercial Seed), after sub-paragraph (a)(ii) insert—

“(iia)

officially assigned serial number;”; and

(c)

in paragraph 6A (official label for a package of test and trial seed)f7, after sub-paragraph (a)(ii) insert—

“(iia)

officially assigned serial number;”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.S.I. 2004/317, as amended by S.S.I. 2006/313, S.S.I. 2007/ 224, S.S.I. 2007/536, S.S.I. 2009/223, S.S.I. 2010/219 and S.S.I. 2016/68.

f2

The definition was substituted by S.S.I. 2007/224.

f3

OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p.74, as last amended by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 (OJ L 60, 5.3.2016, p.72).

f4

S.S.I. 2005/329, as amended by S.S.I. 2016/434.

f5

The Common Catalogue and the UK National List respectively record a winter swede variety as such by the inclusion of the words “Forma hibernalis” and winter (w) in the description of the particular variety’s attributes.

f6

The Common Catalogue and the UK National List respectively record a spring swede variety as such by the inclusion of the words “Forma aestiva” and spring(s) in the description of the particular variety’s attributes.

f7

Paragraph 6A was inserted by S.S.I. 2007/224.