The Beet Seed (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2010
6.—(1) The Beet Seed (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a)at the end of the definition of “the 2004 Commission Decision”, insert “, as amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/320(2)”,
(b)at the end of the definition of “the 2001 Deliberate Release Directive” insert “, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2015/412(3)”,
(c)after the definition of “early movement seed” insert—
““EEA state” for the purposes of these Regulations includes Switzerland,”,
(d)in the definition of “Equivalence Decision”, insert at the end “, as last amended by Decision (EU) 2018/1674(4)”,
(e)in the definition of “third country”, omit “or Switzerland”.
(3) In regulation 4(2) (seed to which the Regulations apply), after “European Union” insert “(other than regulation 14A (certification and labelling for export))”.
(4) After regulation 6 (marketing of seed) insert—
“Importation from outside the European Union
6A. Seed imported from outside the European Union must be labelled with a label approved by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development for the varietal certification on the control of seed moving in international trade.”.
(5) After regulation 14 (marketing of unpacketed seed) insert—
“Certification and labelling for export
14A.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may certify the quality of any seed intended for export.
(2) Following certification in accordance with paragraph (1), any seed exported must be labelled with a label approved by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development for the varietal certification on the control of seed moving in international trade.”.
S.S.I. 2010/148, amended by S.S.I. 2011/413, S.I. 2011/1043, S.S.I. 2016/68 and S.S.I. 2016/434.
OJ L 60, 5.3.2016, p.88.
OJ L 68, 13.3.2015, p.1.
OJ L 284, 12.11.2018, p.31.