# The Vegetable Seed (England) Regulations 2002 (revoked) S.I. 2002/3175 · made 18 December 2002 · revised to 22 November 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seed-england-regulations-2002-revoked/pdf/uksi_20023175_en.pdf ## Introductory text SEEDS, ENGLAND Made 18th December 2002 Laid before Parliament 20th December 2002 Coming into force 31st January 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: GENERAL ## 1 Title, extent and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 General interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions relating to plant species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Definition of marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Seed to which these Regulations apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION OF SEED ## 6 Entry of seed lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Entry of crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Field inspection of crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Lodging of field inspection reports and similar documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Re-grading of crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Seed testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Lodging of seed test reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Re-grading of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: CONTROL OF VEGETABLE SEED ## 15 Marketing of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Marketing of officially certified lower germination seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Marketing of officially certified early movement seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Exception for scientific purposes and selection work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Exception for market test seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 General exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Sealing of packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Labelling of packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Special provisions that apply in connection with the marketing of standard seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26A Special provisions that apply in connection with the marketing of market test seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS ## 27 Civil liability of sellers of seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Arrangements for official measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Service of notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Index of defined words and expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Revocations and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: INTERPRETATION ### Part I: MEANING OF PRE-BASIC SEED AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ## 1 Pre-basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 UK officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 EC officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 UK officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Officially certified pre-basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: MEANING OF BASIC SEED AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ## 8 Basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 UK officially certified basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 EC officially certified basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 UK officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 EC officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Officially certified basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: MEANING OF CS SEED AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ## 20 CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 UK officially certified CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 EC officially certified CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Overseas tested officially certified CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 UK officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 EC officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Officially certified CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Early multiplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: MEANING OF STANDARD SEED ## 28 Standard seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part V: MEANING OF EXPRESSIONS RELATING TO IMPORTED NOT FINALLY CERTIFIED SEED ## 29 Not finally certified pre-basic seed harvested in another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Not finally certified basic seed harvested in another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Not finally certified CS seed harvested in another member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: SPECIES OF SEED TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS APPLY ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS TO BE HARVESTED ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY THE SEED ### Part I: CONDITIONS TO BE EXAMINED MAINLY BY FIELD INPSECTIONS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: CONDITIONS TO BE EXAMINED BY SEED TESTING ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: OTHER CONDITIONS ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 RE-GRADING OF SEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: CATEGORIES OF SEED THAT MAY BE MARKETED ## 1 Breeder’s seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Early movement basic seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Early movement CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Early movement CS seed of a listed variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Standard seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7 LOT AND SAMPLE WEIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: LABELLING ### Part I: PARTICULARS TO BE MARKED OR DISPLAYED ON THE SALE OF UNPACKAGED SEED (LOOSE SALES) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: LABELLING OF PACKAGES OF BREEDER'S SEED ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: LABELLING OF PACKAGES OF OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED PRE-BASIC SEED ## 4 Official label for a package of officially certified pre-basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Official label for a package of officially certified pre-basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Official label for a package of officially certified pre-basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Official label for a package of officially certified pre-basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Official label for a package of officially certified pre-basic seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: LABELLING OF PACKAGES OF OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED BASIC AND CS SEED ## 9 Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Official label for a package of officially certified basic or CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Supplier’s label for a small package of officially certified CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Supplier’s label for a small package of officially certified CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Supplier’s label for a small package of officially certified CS seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part V: LABELLING OF PACKAGES OF STANDARD SEED ## 18 Supplier’s label for a package of standard seed other than a small package of such seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Supplier’s label for a package of standard seed other than a small package of such seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Supplier’s label for a package of standard seed other than a small package of such seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Supplier’s label for a package of standard seed other than a small package of such seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Supplier’s label for a package of standard seed other than a small package of such seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Supplier’s label for a small package of standard seed other than a mixture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Supplier’s label for a small package of standard seed other than a mixture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Supplier’s label for a small package of standard seed other than a mixture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Supplier’s label for a small package of standard seed other than a mixture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Supplier’s label for a small package of a mixture of standard seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Supplier’s label for a small package of a mixture of standard seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Supplier’s label for a small package of a mixture of standard seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Supplier’s label for a small package of a mixture of standard seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VI: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VII: Labelling of Packages of Market Test Seed ## 33 Supplier’s label for a package of market test seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Supplier’s label for a package of market test seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Supplier’s label for a package of market test seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9 LIMITS OF VARIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10 INDEX OF WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS USED IN THESE REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3175 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/vegetable-seed-england-regulations-2002-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.