Crop and seed requirementsN.I.
13.—(1) Crop inspections by official or licensed crop inspectors must be carried out in accordance with Article 2(3)(A)[F1(a) to (d)] of, and Annex I to, Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, and the crop from which the seed has been produced must—
(a)satisfy the conditions in that Annex; and
(b)be found to be free from plants of wild oat.
(2) The seed produced by the crop must be sampled in accordance with Article 7 of, and Annex III to, that Directive [F2(with the omission of paragraphs 1a(f) and 1b)] and must—
(a)satisfy the conditions in Annex II to that Directive; and
(b)be free of seeds of wild oat in a 3 kilogram sample.
[F3(2A) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), Council Directive 66/402/EEC is to be read as if—
(a)in Article 2(3)(A)(a)(iii), for “officially licensed by the seed certification authority of the member State concerned”, there were substituted “ licensed by the Department ”;
(b)in Article 7—
(i)the reference to “member States” were a reference to “The Department”;
(ii)in paragraph 1a(a), for “seed certification authority of the member State concerned”, there were substituted “ Department ”.]
(3) The moisture content must not exceed 17% by weight.
[F4(4) The crop and the seed produced by the crop must be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.
(5) The crop and the seed produced by the crop must comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to the EU Plant Health Regulation, and measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 13(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 50(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 13(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 50(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Sch. 2 para. 13(2A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 50(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Sch. 2 para. 13(4)(5) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 13(4) (28.12.2020) by The Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/301), regs. 1, 2(4)(b) (as amended by S.R. 2020/322, regs. 1, 2)