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7.—(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(A) to, Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed(1), and the crop must satisfy the conditions in that Annex.
(2) The seed produced by the crop must be sampled in accordance with Article 9(2) and Annex II to that Directive, and must satisfy the conditions in Annex I(B) to that Directive.
(3) It must be labelled in accordance with [F2Schedule 3].
(4) The maximum moisture content must not exceed 15% by weight.
(5) Diseases and harmful organisms that reduce the usefulness of the seed must be at the lowest possible level.
[F3(6) For the purposes of this regulation, Council Directive 2002/54/EC 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 Secretary of State”;
(b)in Annex 1—
(i)in point A—
(aa)in paragraph 3, for “certification authority” there were substituted “Secretary of State”;
(bb)in the last paragraph, for the words from “the common” to “that Directive” there were substituted “GB Variety List”;
(ii)in point B, in paragraph 3(c)—
(aa)the reference to “Member States” were a reference to “The Secretary of State”;
(bb)the reference to “Community” were omitted.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/131), regs. 1(b), 7(13)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/131), regs. 1(b), 7(13)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Sch. 2 para. 7(6) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/131), regs. 1(b), 7(13)(a)(iii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 29(5)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
OJ No L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 12, as last amended by Council Directive 2004/117/EC (OJ No L 14, 18.1.2005, p. 18).
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