The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Made: 25th November 2009

Coming into operation: 31st December 2009

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PART 1 — General

Citation and commencement

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General interpretation

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Definitions relating to plant species

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Definition of marketing

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Seed to which these Regulations apply

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PART 2 — Procedures relating to the official certification of seed

Entry of seed lots

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Entry of crop

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Field inspection of crops

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Lodging of field inspection reports and similar documents

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Re-grading of crops

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Seed testing

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Lodging of seed test reports

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Re-grading of seed

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Withdrawals

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PART 3 — Control of fodder plant seed

Marketing of seed

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Marketing of HVS seed

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Marketing of officially certified lower germination seed

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Marketing of officially certified early movement seed

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Exception for preservation mixtures

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Exception for scientific purposes and selection work

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Exception for conservation varieties

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Exception for test and trial seed

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General exemptions

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Mixtures

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Sampling

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Packaging

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Sealing of packages

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Labelling of packages

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PART 4 — Miscellaneous and supplemental provisions

Civil liability of sellers of seeds

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Arrangements for official measures

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Fees

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Index of defined words and expressions

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Revocations and transitional provisions

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SCHEDULE 1 — INTERPRETATION

PART 1 — Meaning of pre-basic seed and similar expressions

Pre-basic seed

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UK officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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Third country officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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Overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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UK officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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Officially certified pre-basic seed

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PART 2 — Meaning of basic seed and similar expressions

Basic seed

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UK officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

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Third country officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

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Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed variety

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UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety

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UK officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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EC officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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Third country officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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Overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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Officially certified basic seed

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PART 3 — Meaning of CS seed and similar expressions

CS seed

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UK officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

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Third country officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

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Overseas tested officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

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UK officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety

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Officially certified CS seed

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C1 seed

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UK officially certified C1 seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified C1 seed of a listed variety

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Third country officially certified C1 seed of a listed variety

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Overseas tested officially certified C1 seed of a listed variety

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UK officially certified early movement C1 seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified early movement C1 seed of a listed variety

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Officially certified C1 seed

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C2 seed

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UK officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety

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Third country officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety

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Overseas tested officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety

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UK officially certified early movement C2 seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified early movement C2 seed of a listed variety

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Officially certified C2 seed

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PART 4 — Meaning of commercial seed and similar expressions

Commercial seed

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UK officially certified commercial seed

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EC officially certified commercial seed

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UK officially certified early movement commercial seed

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EC officially certified early movement commercial seed

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Officially certified commercial seed

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Early multiplication

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PART 5 — Meaning of expressions relating to imported not finally certified seed

Not finally certified pre-basic seed harvested in another member State

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Not finally certified basic seed harvested in another member State

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Not finally certified CS seed harvested in another member State

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Not finally certified C1 seed harvested in another member State

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Not finally certified C2 seed harvested in another member State

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Not finally certified CS seed harvested in an equivalent third country

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Not finally certified C1 seed harvested in an equivalent third country

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Not finally certified C2 seed harvested in an equivalent third country

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SCHEDULE 2 — SPECIES OF SEED TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS APPLY

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SCHEDULE 3 — CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS TO BE HARVESTED

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SCHEDULE 4 — CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY THE SEED

PART 1 — Conditions to be examined mainly by field inspections

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PART 2 — Conditions to be examined by seed testing

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PART 3 — Other conditions

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PART 4 — General provisions

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SCHEDULE 5 — RE-GRADING OF SEED

Column 1	Column 1	Column 1	Column 2	Column 2
1.	(a)	UK, EC, third country or overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety	(a)	UK officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety
	(b)	UK, EC, third country or overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a listed variety	(b)	UK officially certified pre-basic seed of a listed variety
	(c)	in the case of an HVS species of seed, HVS level UK officially certified CS seed of a listed variety	(c)	in the case of an HVS species of seed, HVS level UK officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety
	(d)	in the case of seed other than field beans, field peas, Lucerne Medicago sativa, lupins and vetches, minimum level UK officially certified CS seed of a listed variety or EC, third country or overseas tested officially certified CS seed of a listed variety	(d)	in the case of seed other than field beans, field peas, lucerne Medicago sativa, lupins and vetches, minimum level UK officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety
	(e)	in the case of field beans, field peas, lucerne Medicago sativa, lupins and vetches UK, EC, third country or overseas tested officially certified C1 seed of a listed variety	(e)	in the case of field beans, field peas, lucerne Medicago sativa, lupins and vetches, UK officially certified C1 seed of a listed variety
	(f)	in the case of field beans and field peas, UK, EC, third country or overseas tested officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety	(f)	in the case of field beans and field peas, UK officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety
	(g)	in the case of lucerne Medicago sativa, lupins and vetches, EC, third country or overseas officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety
2.	(a)	UK and EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety	(a)	UK officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety
	(b)	UK and EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety	(b)	UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety
	(c)	In the case of a HVS species of seed, HVS level UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety	(c)	In the case of a HVS species of seed, HVS level UK officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety
	(d)	in the case of seed other than field beans, field peas, lucerne Medicago sativa, lupins and vetches, minimum level UK or EC officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety	(d)	in the case of seed other than field beans, field peas, lucerne Medicago sativa, lupins and vetches, minimum level UK officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety
	(e)	in the case of field beans, field peas, lucerne Medicago sativa, lupins and vetches UK or EC officially certified early movement C1 seed of a listed variety	(e)	in the case of field beans, field peas, lucerne Medicago sativa, lupins and vetches, UK officially certified early movement C1 seed of a listed variety
	(f)	in the case of field beans and field peas, UK or EC officially certified early movement C2 seed of a listed variety	(f)	in the case of field beans and field peas, UK officially certified early movement C2 seed of a listed variety
	(g)	in the case of lucerne Medicago sativa, lupins and vetches, EC officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety

SCHEDULE 6 — CATEGORIES OF SEED THAT MAY BE MARKETED

Breeder’s seed

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Pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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Basic seed of a listed variety

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CS seed of a listed variety

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C1 seed of a listed variety

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C2 seed of a listed variety

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Commercial seed

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Early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety

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Early movement basic seed of a listed variety

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Early movement CS seed of a listed variety

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Early movement C1 seed of a listed variety

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Early movement C2 seed of a listed variety

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Early movement commercial seed

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Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

36

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Early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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SCHEDULE 7 — LOT AND SAMPLE WEIGHTS

1

Fine grasses—

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Fodder grasses—

3

Small seeded legumes—

4

Large seeded legumes—

5

Crucifers—

SCHEDULE 8 — LABELLING

PART 1 — Labelling of unpackaged seed (loose sales)

Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpackaged seed other than a mixture of seeds

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Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of an unpackaged mixture of seeds

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PART 2 — Labelling of packages of breeder’s seed

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PART 3 — Labelling of packages of officially certified pre-basic seed

Official label for a package of officially certified pre-basic seed

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7

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8

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PART 4 — Labelling of packages of officially certified basic, CS, C1 and C2 seed

Official label for a package of officially certified basic, CS, C1 and C2 seed

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10

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Label for a small EC B package of officially certified basic, CS, C1 and C2 seed

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PART 5 — Labelling of packages of officially certified commercial seed

Official label for a package of officially certified commercial seed

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Label for a small EC B package of officially certified commercial seed

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PART 6 — Labelling of packages of mixtures of seed

Official label for a package of a mixture of seeds

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Label for a small EC A package of a mixture of seeds

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Label for a small EC ‘B’ package of a mixture of seeds

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PART 7 — Whole bag labelling

Seed which has not been imported

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Seed imported from another Member State

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PART 8 — Labelling of packages of test and trial seed

Official label for a package of test and trial seed

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PART 9 — Labelling of packages of seed of a conservation variety

Supplier’s label or notice for a package of seed of a conservation variety

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SCHEDULE 9 — LIMITS OF VARIATION

GERMINATION	GERMINATION
Stated minimum percentage of germination(expressed as an integer)	Limit of variationPer cent
99-100	2
97-98	3
94-96	4
91-93	5
87-90	6
82-86	7
76-81	8
69-75	9
65-68	10
ANALYTICAL PURITY-GRASSES	ANALYTICAL PURITY-GRASSES
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Stated minimum percentage of analytical purity (expressed to one decimal point)	Limit of variationPer cent
99.9-100	0.2
99.7 -99.8	0.4
99.5-99.6	0.5
99.3-99.4	0.6
99.0-99.2	0.7
98.8-98.9	0.8
98.3-98.7	0.9
98.0-98.2	1.0
97.5-97.9	1.1
97.0-97.4	1.2
96.5-96.9	1.3
96.0-96.4	1.4
95.0-95.9	1.5
94.0-94.9	1.6
93.0-93.9	1.7
92.0-92.9	1.9
91.0-91.9	2.0
90.0-90.9	2.1
88.0-89.9	2.2
86.0-87.9	2.4
84.0-85.9	2.5
82.0-83.9	2.6
80.0-81.9	2.8
ANALYTICAL PURITY-LEGUMES AND CRUCIFERS	ANALYTICAL PURITY-LEGUMES AND CRUCIFERS
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Stated minimum percentage of analytical purity (expressed to one decimal point)	Limit of variationPer cent
99.9-100	0.2
99.8	0.3
99.6-99.7	0.4
99.3-99.5	0.5
99.0-99.2	0.6
98.5-98.9	0.7
98.3-98.4	0.8
97.5-98.2	0.9
97.0-97.4	1.0
96.5-96.9	1.1
95.5-96.4	1.2
95.0-95.4	1.3
94.0-94.9	1.4
93.0-93.9	1.5
92.0-92.9	1.6
91.0-91.9	1.7
90.0-90.9	1.8
CONTENTS OF SEEDS OF OTHER SPECIES IN GRASSES	CONTENTS OF SEEDS OF OTHER SPECIES IN GRASSES
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Stated maximum percentage of seeds of other species (expressed to one decimal point)	Limit of variationPer cent
0.0	0.2
0.1	0.3
0.2	0.4
0.3–0.4	0.5
0.5 – 0.6	0.6
0.7 –0.9	0.7
1.0 – 1.2	0.8
1.3 – 1.7	0.9
1.8 – 1.9	1.0
2.0 – 2.4	1.1
2.5 – 2.9	1.2
3.0 – 3.4	1.3
3.5 – 3.9	1.4
4.0 – 4.9	1.5
5.0	1.6
CONTENTS OF SEEDS OF OTHER SPECIES OR VARIETIES IN LEGUMES AND CRUCIFERS	CONTENTS OF SEEDS OF OTHER SPECIES OR VARIETIES IN LEGUMES AND CRUCIFERS
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Stated maximum percentage of seeds of other species (expressed to one decimal point)	Limit of variationPer cent
0.0	0.1
0.1 – 0.2	0.3
0.3 – 0.4	0.4
0.5 – 0.6	0.5
0.7 –0.9	0.6
1.0 – 1.4	0.7
1.5 – 1.7	0.8
1.8 – 2.4	0.9
2.5 – 2.9	1.0
3.0 – 3.4	1.1
3.5 – 4.4	1.2
4.5 – 4.9	1.3
5.0 – 5.9	1.4
6.0 – 6.9	1.5
7.0 – 7.9	1.6
8.0 – 8.9	1.7
9.0 – 9.9	1.8
10.0	1.9
NUMBER OF SEEDS OF OTHER SPECIES	NUMBER OF SEEDS OF OTHER SPECIES
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Stated maximum number of seeds of other species (expressed as an integer)	Limit of variationnumber
0	1
1	3
2	4
3 – 4	5
5 – 6	6
7 – 8	7
9 – 11	8
12 – 14	9
15 – 17	10
18 – 21	11
22 – 25	12
26 – 29	13
30 – 34	14
35 – 40	15
41 – 45	16
46 – 50	17
51 – 57	18
58 – 64	19
65 – 71	20
72 – 79	21
80 – 87	22
88 – 95	23
96 – 100	24

SCHEDULE 10 — INDEX OF WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS USED IN THESE REGULATIONS

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 25th November 2009

John Speers — A senior official of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.) Article 3(4)

[^f00002]: 1965 c.22 (N.I.); section 1 was amended by 1970 c.20 (N.I.), section 10(1) and S.R.& O.(N.I.) 1972 No.351 Art.3 and Schedule 3; section 2 was amended by 1970 c.20 (N.I.), section 10(2) and S.R. 1977 No.295 Art. 2

[^f00003]: OJ L 362, 9.12.2004, p21

[^f00004]: OJ L125, 11.07.66,p.2298/66 (OJ/SE 1965-66 p.132)

[^f00005]: OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1

[^f00006]: S.I. 2001/3510

[^f00007]: OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p. 1

[^f00011]: OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1

[^f00012]: S.R. 2009 No. 388

[^f00013]: 2006 c.32

[^f00014]: 1998 c. 32

[^f00015]: OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10

[^f00016]: 2000 c.7

[^f00017]: S.R. 2009 No.383

[^f00018]: S.R. 2009 No.386

[^f00019]: S.R. 2009 No.387

[^f00020]: S.R. 1994 No..252

[^f00021]: S.R. 1996 No. .311

[^f00022]: S.R. 2000 No. 54

[^f00023]: S.R. 2001 No. 329

[^f00024]: S.R. 1997 No. 240

[^f00025]: S.R. 2002 No. 407

[^f00026]: S.R. 2003 No. 42

[^f00027]: S.R.2004 No. 460

[^f00028]: S.R.2008 No.114

[^f00029]: 1954 c. 33

Editorial notes

Increase to maximum weight of a seed lot of grasses

25A

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Packaging

Sealing of packages

Labelling of packages

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