The Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002

Forest reproductive material which may be marketed

17.—(1) Subject to regulation 18, no person shall market forest reproductive material unless—

(a) (i) its collection and production meet the requirements of regulations 10 to 12 and 14 to 15;

(ii) its marketing and labelling meet the requirements of paragraphs (2) to (12) of this regulation and regulation 19, as read with regulation 20 in the case of seeds;

(iii) it is certified in accordance with regulation 13; and

(iv) it falls into one of the categories described in regulation 4(1), subject as the case may be to the application of regulation 7(2) and (3);

(b) in the case of forest reproductive material from Northern Ireland or another member State,

(i) it has met the requirements as to entry to Great Britain set out in regulations 23 and 24; and

(ii) after entry to Great Britain it meets the requirements of this regulation, and regulations 14 and 19, as read with regulation 20 in the case of seeds; and

(c) it is marketed in compliance with regulation 31.

(2) Forest reproductive material of the artificial hybrids listed in Schedule 1 may be marketed only if it is of the categories “selected”, “qualified” or “tested”.

(3) Vegetatively reproduced forest reproductive material may be marketed only under the categories “selected”, “qualified” or “tested” and in the case of forest reproductive material of the category “selected”, may be marketed only if it is produced by means of subsequent multiplication by vegetative propagation from seeds.

(4) Forest reproductive material derived from basic material in the form of a seed source may be marketed only under the category “source identified”.

(5) Forest reproductive material derived from basic material in the form of a stand may be marketed only under the categories “source identified”, “selected” and “tested”.

(6) Forest reproductive material derived from basic material of the following types may be marketed only under the categories “qualified” and “tested”—

(a) seed orchard;

(b) parents of family;

(c) clone; and

(d) clonal mixture.

(7) Forest reproductive material which consists wholly or partly of genetically modified organisms may be marketed only under the category “tested”.

(8) Forest reproductive material in the form of fruit and seed lots of the species listed in Schedule 1 shall reach a minimum species purity level of 99%, except in the case of closely related species other than artificial hybrids in respect of which the purity of the fruit or seed lot shall be stated in any labelling or record documenting information about the seed required under regulations 14, 15 and 19.

(9) Forest reproductive material in the form of parts of plants shall be of fair marketable quality determined with reference to general characteristics, health and appropriate size.

(10) Forest reproductive material in the form of stem cuttings or sets of Populus spp. shall meet the standards described in Schedule 9.

(11) Forest reproductive material in the form of planting stock shall be of fair marketable quality determined with reference to general characteristics, health, vitality and physiological quality.

(12) Forest reproductive material in the form of planting stock which is intended to be marketed to the Mediterranean climatic region shall comply with the requirements of Schedule 10.