The Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2004 No. 317

SCHEDULE 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE THIRD GENERATION AND COMMERCIAL SEED

PART II CONDITIONS RELATING TO BASIC SEED, CERTIFIED SEED, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE SECOND GENERATION, CERTIFIED SEED OF THE THIRD GENERATION AND COMMERCIAL SEED

Further standards and conditions of varietal purity

13.  The seed shall, subject to paragraph 14, comply with the following standards and other conditions as regards percentage germination of pure seed, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant species (including Orobanche spp.):–

	Minimum germination (% of pure seed)	Analytical purity		Maximum content by number of seeds of other plant species in a sample of the weight specified in column 4 of the table in paragraph 24 of Part II of Schedule 5
Species		Minimum analytical purity (% by weight)	Maximum content of seed of other plant species (% by weight)	Other plant species (including seed of the species specified in columns 6 to 11)	Wild Oat (Avena fatua, A. ludoviciana, A. sterilis)	Dodder (Cuscuta spp.)	Wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)	Dock (Rumex spp. excluding. R. acetosella)	Blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides)	Lolium remotum
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Black mustard and brown mustard
– Basic Seed	85	98	0.3	n/a	0	0	10	2	n/a	n/a
– Certified Seed	85	98	0.3	n/a	0	0	10	5	n/a	n/a
Flax	92	99	n/a	15	0	0	n/a	n/a	4	2
Hemp	75	98	n/a	30	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Linseed	85	99	n/a	15	0	0	n/a	n/a	4	2
Soya bean	80	98	n/a	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sunflower	85	98	n/a	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Swede rape and turnip rape
– Basic Seed	85	98	0.3	n/a	0	0	10	2	n/a	n/a
– Certified Seed	85	98	0.3	n/a	0	0	10	5	n/a	n/a
White mustard
– Basic Seed	85	98	0.3	n/a	0	0	10	2	n/a	n/a
– Certified Seed	85	98	0.3	n/a	0	0	10	5	n/a	n/a