The Cereal Seed (England) Regulations 2002

Made: 18th December 2002

Laid before Parliament: 20th December 2002

Coming into force: 31st January 2003

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PART I — General

Title, extent 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 II — 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 III — Control of Cereal 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 scientific purposes and selection work

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Exception for test and trials

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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 IV — 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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Service of notices

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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 I — 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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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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UK officially certified pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

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EC officially certified pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

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Overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

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UK officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

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EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

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Officially certified pre-basic seed

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PART II — 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 III — Meaning of CS, C1 and C2 Seed and Similar Expressions

CS seed (maize and rye, and hybrids of barley, durum wheat, oats, self-pollinating triticale, spelt wheat and wheat)

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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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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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Early multiplication

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PART IV — 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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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 I — Conditions to be examined mainly by field inspections

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PART II — Conditions to be examined by Seed Testing

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PART III — Conditions to be Examined Mainly by Inspections of Control Plots

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PART IV — Other Conditions

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PART V — General Provisions

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SCHEDULE 5 — RE-GRADING OF SEED

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SCHEDULE 6 — CATEGORIES OF SEED THAT MAY BE MARKETED

Breeders 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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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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Pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

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Basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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Early movement pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

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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

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Species	Level	Maximum weight of a lot	Minimum weight of a sample to be drawn from a lot	Minimum weight of a sample for a moisture test	Weight of the sample for determinations by number in accordance with paragraph 12 of Schedule 4
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Barley, durum wheat, oats, rye, spelt wheat, triticale and wheat	Minimum	30	1,000	100	500
Barley, durum wheat, oats, rye, spelt wheat, triticale and wheat	HVS	30	1,000	100	1,000
Maize, basic seed of inbred lines	Not applicable	40	250	100	250
Maize, basic seed other than of inbred lines, CS seed	Not applicable	40	1,000	100	1,000
A mixture of seeds to which regulation 22 applies	Not applicable	30	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

SCHEDULE 8 — LABELLING

PART I — Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale 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 II — Labelling of packages of breeder’s seed

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

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

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

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

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Supplier’s label for a small package of officially certified pre-basic, basic, CS, C1 or C2 seed

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PART V — Labelling of packages of mixtures of seed

Official label for a package of a mixture of seeds

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19

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20

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Supplier’s label for a small package of a mixture of seeds

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PART VI — Printing of specified matters on packages (whole bag labelling)

Seed which has not been imported

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30

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Seed imported from another Member State

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SCHEDULE 9 — LIMITS OF VARIATION

Stated minimum percentage of germination (expressed as an integer)	Limit of variation Per 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
Stated minimum percentage of analytical purity (expressed to one decimal point)	Limit of variation Per cent
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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
Stated maximum number of seeds of other species (expressed as an integer)	Limit of variation number
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0	1
1	3
2	4
3 and 4	5
5 and 6	6
7 and 8	7
9 to 11	8
12 to 14	9
15 to 17	10
18 to 20	11

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

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Signed

Michael Meacher — Minister of StateDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2002-12-18

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1964 c. 14; section 16 was amended by section 4(1) of, and paragraph 5(1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 4 to, the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), S.I. 1977/1112 and section 2 of the Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49); see section 38(1) for a definition of “the Secretary of State”. Under the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No.1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), article 2(1) and Schedule 1, the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 were, so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State and under the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2(1) and Schedule 1, the functions transferred to the Secretary of State by the 1978 transfer Order were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales. Under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794) the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 were, so far as they are exercisable in relation to England, transferred to the Secretary of State.

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L096, 13.4.2002, p.28.

[^f00005]: Cmnd 2073.

[^f00006]: Cmnd 2847.

[^f00007]: O.J. No.L106, 17.4.2001, p.1

[^f00008]: S.I. 2002/3176.

[^f00011]: S.I. 2001/3510.

[^f00015]: 2000 c. 7.

[^f00018]: S.I. 2002/3172.

[^f00019]: S.I. 2002/3176.

[^f00020]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00021]: S.I. 1993/2005, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/1482, 1997/616, 1999/1860, 1999/2196.

[^f00022]: S.I. 1995/1482.

[^f00023]: S.I. 1997/616.

[^f00024]: S.I. 1999/1860.

[^f00025]: S.I. 1999/2196.

[^f00026]: S.I. 2000/1793.

[^f00027]: S.I. 1985/981, amended by S.I. 2002/1563.

[^f00028]: S.I. 2002/1563.

[^f00029]: S.I. 1986/1510; amended by S.I. 1997/188.

Third country officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety

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Overseas tested officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety

UK officially certified early movement C2 seed of a listed variety

EC officially certified early movement C2 seed of a listed variety

Officially certified C2 seed

Early multiplication

Not finally certified C2 seed harvested in an equivalent third country

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18A

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Editorial notes

Exception for test and trial seed

PART VII — Labelling of Packages of Test and Trial Seed

Official label for a package of test and trial seed

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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

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

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

UK officially certified pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

EC officially certified pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

Third country officially certified pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

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Overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

UK officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

Officially certified pre-basic seed

3A

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31A

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Exception for conservation varieties

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General exemptions

Mixtures

Sampling

Packaging

Sealing of packages

Labelling of packages

Part VIII — 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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