The Oil and Fibre Plant 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 oil and fibre plant seed

Marketing of 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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Varietal associations of seed

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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, C2 and C3 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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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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C3 seed

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UK officially certified C3 seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified C3 seed of a listed variety

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Overseas tested officially certified C3 seed of a listed variety

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UK officially certified early movement C3 seed of a listed variety

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EC officially certified early movement C3 seed of a listed variety

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Officially certified C3 seed

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PART IV — 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 V — 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 C3 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 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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• (a) UK, EC , third country or overseas tested 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

• (c) in the case of black mustard, brown mustard, dioecious hemp, sunflower, swede rape, turnip rape and white mustard, UK, EC, third country or overseas tested officially certified CS seed of a listed variety

• (d) in the case of flax, linseed , monoecious hemp and soya bean, UK, EC, third country or overseas tested officially certified C1 seed of a listed variety

• (e) in the case of flax, linseed , monoecious hemp and soya bean, UK, EC , third country or overseas tested officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety

• (f) in the case of flax and linseed , UK, EC , third country or overseas tested officially certified C3 seed of a listed variety

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• (a) UK or EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a listed variety

• (b) UK or EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a listed variety

• (c) in the case of black mustard, brown mustard,dioecious hemp, sunflower, swede rape, turnip rape and white mustard, UK or EC officially certified early movement CS seed of a listed variety

• (d) in the case of flax, linseed, monoecious hemp and soya bean, UK or EC officially certified early movement C1 seed of a listed variety

• (e) in the case of flax, linseed, monoecious hemp and soya bean, UK or EC officially certified early movement C2 seed of a listed variety

• (f) in the case of flax and linseed , UK or EC officially certified early movement C3 seed of a listed variety

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• (a) UK, EC , third country or overseas tested officially certified pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

• (b) UK, EC, third country or overseas tested officially certified basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety

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• (a) UK or EC officially certified early movement pre-basic seed of a component used in the production of a listed hybrid variety

• (b) UK or EC officially certified early movement basic seed of a component of a listed hybrid variety.

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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C3 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 C3 seed of a listed variety

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Early movement commercial seed

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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
Species	Maximum weight of a seed lot	Minimum weight of a sample to be drawn from a seed lot	Weight of the sample for determination by number in accordance with Part II of Schedule 4
	(tonnes)	(grams)	(grams)
Flax	10	300	150
Hemp	10	600	600
Linseed	10	300	150
Black mustard	10	100	40
Brown mustard	10	100	40
White mustard	10	400	200
Soya bean	25	1,000	1,000
Sunflower	25	1,000	1,000
Swede rape	10	200	100
Turnip rape	10	200	70

SCHEDULE 8 — LABELLING

PART I — Particulars to be marked or displayed on the sale of unpackaged 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

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PART IV — Labelling of packages of officially certified basic, CS, C1, C2 and C3 seed

Official label for a package of officially certified basic, CS, C1, C2 or C3 seed

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Supplier’s label for a small package of officially certified basic, CS, C1, C2 or C3 seed

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PART V — 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 package of officially certified commercial seed

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PART VI — Labelling of packages of a varietal association of seeds

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

Seed which has not been imported

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Seed imported from another Member State

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SCHEDULE 9 — LIMITS OF VARIATION

Stated minimum percentage of germination	Limit of variation
(expressed as an integer)	Per cent
99-100	2
97-98	3
94-96	4
91-93	5
87-90	6
82-86	7
76-81	8
70-75	9
Stated minimum percentage of analytical purity (expressed to one decimal point)	Limit of variation
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	Per 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
Stated maximum percentage of number of seeds of other species (expressed to one decimal point)	Limit of variation
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	Per cent
0.0	0.1
0.1—0.2	0.3
0.3—0.4	0.4
0.5	0.5
Maximum number of seeds of other species	Limit of variation
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	number
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 21	11
22 to 25	12
26 to 29	13
30 to 34	14
35 to 40	15
41 to 45	16
46 to 50	17

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

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Signed

Michael Meacher — Minister of State — Department 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.

[^f00006]: S.I. 2002/3176.

[^f00009]: S.I. 2001/3510.

[^f00015]: 2000 c. 7.

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

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

[^f00022]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00023]: S.I. 1993/2007, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1994/1423, 1996/1451, 1997/616, 1999/1862, 2000/1789.

[^f00024]: S.I. 1994/1423.

[^f00025]: S.I. 1996/1451.

[^f00026]: S.I. 1999/1862.

[^f00027]: S.I. 2000/1789.

[^f00028]: S.I. 1985/981, amended by S.I. 2002/1563.

[^f00029]: S.I. 2002/1563.

3A

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7A

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9A

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Editorial notes

Third country officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety

45A

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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

C3 seed

UK officially certified C3 seed of a listed variety

EC officially certified C3 seed of a listed variety

Third country officially certified C3 seed of a listed variety

52A

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Overseas tested officially certified C3 seed of a listed variety

UK officially certified early movement C3 seed of a listed variety

EC officially certified early movement C3 seed of a listed variety

Officially certified C3 seed

Not finally certified C2 seed harvested in an equivalent third country

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21A

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Exception for test and trial seed

PART VIII — Labelling of Packages of Test and Trial Seed

Official label for a package of test and trial seed

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37

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

3A

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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

8A

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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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40A

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Exception for conservation varieties

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General exemptions

Mixtures

Varietal associations of seed

Sampling

Packaging

Sealing of packages

Labelling of packages

Part IX — 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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