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Statutory Instruments
SEEDS
Made
7th June 1995
Laid before Parliament
9th June 1995
Coming into force
30th June 1995
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1), (1A) and (8) and 36 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act1964(1) and now vested in them(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with the said section 16(1) with representatives of such interests as appear to them to be concerned, hereby make the following Regulations-
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Cereal Seeds (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 30th June 1995.
2.-(1) The Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993(3) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 3(3) (interpretation) in the definition of "Certified Seed" for the words "and spelt wheat" each time they appear there shall be substituted the words ", spelt wheat and rye".
(3) In paragraph 5 (isolation distances) of Part I of Schedule 4 (conditions relating to crops from which seeds are obtained)-
(a)in sub-paragraph (b) after the first occurrence of the word "rye" there shall be inserted the words "other than hybrids";
(b)after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph-
"(d)For hybrids of rye the minimum distance from neighbouring crops of other varieties of rye shall be-
(i)Crops to produce Basic Seed where male sterility is used ... ... ... ...1,000 metres
(ii)Crops to produce Basic Seed where male sterility is not used ... ... ... ...600 metres
(iii)Crops to produce Certified Seed ... ... ... ...500 metres.".
(4) After paragraph 8 (special conditions for maize) of Part I of Schedule 4 there shall be inserted the following paragraph-
9.-(a) The crop shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity as regards the characteristics of the components, including male sterility.
(b)In particular, the crop shall conform to the following standards-
(i)the number of plants of the crop species that are recognisable as obviously not being true to the component shall not exceed one per 30 square metres for the production of Basic Seed and, in respect of official field inspections of the female component, one per 10 square metres for the production of Certified Seed; and
(ii)in the case of Basic Seed where male sterility is used, the level of sterility of the male-sterile component shall be at least 98%.
(c)Where appropriate, Certified Seed shall be produced in mixed cultivation of a female male-sterile component with a male component which restores male fertility.".
(5) In paragraph 3(a) of Part II of Schedule 4 (conditions relating to the seeds) for the words "and spelt wheat" there shall be substituted the words ", spelt wheat and triticale".
(6) For paragraph 3(b) of Part II of Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph-
"(b)Rye and hybrids of rye
Germination (% by number) Basic and Certified Seed 85
Analytical Purity (% by weight) Basic and Certified Seed 98
| Category | Seeds of Other Plant Species | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All other species | Other cultivated cereal species | All species other than cultivated cereals | Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena ludoviciana or Lolium temulentum | Raphanus raphanistrum or Argrostemma githago | Ergot (Pieces) | |
a Concerning the maximum content of seed of the species Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena ludovicianaor Lolium temulentum.The presence of one seed of one of these species in 500 g shall not be considered an impurity if a search of a further 500 g from the same submitted sample is free. | ||||||
b Concerning the maximum content of seeds of other cereal species. When themaximum content is fixed at one seed, a second seed shall not be regarded as an impurity if a search of a further 500 g from the same submitted sample is free. | ||||||
c For hybrids of rye. The presence of five ergots or fragments in asample of seed of a hybrid of rye of the prescribed weight shall be deemed to be in conformity with required purity standards, where a second sample of the same weight contains not more than four ergots or fragments of ergot. | ||||||
| Basic Seed | 4 | 1b | 3 | 0a | 1 | 1 |
| Certified Seed | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0! | 3 | 3(4c) |
Seed of hybrids of rye shall not be certified as Certified Seed unless due account has been taken of the results of an official post-control test on samples of Basic Seed taken officially and carried out during the growing season of the seed entered for certification as Certified Seed to ascertain whether the Basic Seed has met the requirements for Basic Seed laid down in these Regulations in respect of identity and purity as regards the characters of the components, including male sterility.".
Howe
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
7th June 1995
Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
30th May 1995
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
26th May 1995
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement Commission Directive 95/6/EC (OJ No. L67, 25.3.95, p. 30) amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC (OJ No. L125, 11.7.66, p. 2309/66) (OJ/SE 1965-66, p. 143) on the marketing of cereal seed as amended.
These Regulations, which come into force on 30 June 1995, amend the Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993 to permit the marketing of seeds of hybrids of rye as Certified Seed. They establish conditions to be met both by the crops from which seeds of hybrids of rye are obtained and by the seeds themselves.
Regulation 2(5) also corrects a drafting error in the first line of paragraph 3(a) of Part II of Schedule 4 to the Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993.
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). See section 38(1) for a definition of "the Ministers".
In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.
S.I. 1993/2005.
