[F1Article A1U.K.

1.In this Decision, “the Seeds Marketing Regulations” means—

(a)
in relation to England, the Seed Marketing Regulations 2011;
(b)
in relation to Wales, the Seed Marketing (Wales) Regulations 2012;
(c)
in relation to Scotland—
(i)
in relation to vegetable seed, the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993;
(ii)
in relation to oil and fibre plant seed, the Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2004;
(iii)
in relation to cereal seed, the Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005;
(iv)
in relation to fodder plant seed, the Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005;
(v)
in relation to beet seed, the Beet Seed (Scotland) (No 2) Regulations 2010;
(d)
F2...
a “country granted equivalence” means a country that has been assessed by, in relation to England, the Secretary of State, in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers, and in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers that the seed from that country is produced under conditions equivalent to the requirements in the Seeds Marketing Regulations for seed to which those Regulations apply.]

Textual Amendments

F1Art. A1 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 30(3)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2Words in Art. A1(1) omitted (15.4.2021) by virtue of The Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Fodder Plant Seed (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/393), regs. 1(1), 6(2)

[F3Article 1U.K.

[F4Field inspections concerning the seed-producing crops of the species specified in Annex I to this Decision F5... carried out in the F6... countries listed in that Annex shall be considered equivalent to field inspections carried out in accordance with [F7the Seeds Marketing Regulations] and Council Directive 2002/55/EC(1) provided that they:]

(a)

are carried out officially by the authorities listed in Annex I, or under the official supervision of those authorities;

(b)

satisfy the conditions laid down in point A of Annex II.

Textual Amendments

F3Substituted by Council Decision of 8 November 2005 on the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in certain third countries and amending Decision 2003/17/EC (2005/834/EC).

F4Substituted by Decision (EU) 2018/1674 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Federative Republic of Brazil on fodder plant seed-producing crops and cereal seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of fodder plant seed and cereal seed produced in the Federative Republic of Brazil, and as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Republic of Moldova on cereal seed-producing crops, vegetable seed-producing crops and oil and fibre plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of cereal seed, vegetable seed and oil and fibre plant seed produced in the Republic of Moldova.

F5Words in Art. 1 omitted (15.4.2021) by virtue of The Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Fodder Plant Seed (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/393), regs. 1(1), 6(3)

F6Word in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(3)(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 30(3)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(3)(c) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 30(3)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[F4Article 2U.K.

Seed of the species specified in Annex I to this Decision F8..., produced in the F9... countries listed in that Annex and officially certified by the authorities listed in that Annex shall be considered equivalent to seed complying with [F10the Seeds Marketing Regulations], if it satisfies the conditions laid down in point B of Annex II to this Decision.]]

Textual Amendments

F8Words in Art. 2 omitted (15.4.2021) by virtue of The Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Fodder Plant Seed (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/393), regs. 1(1), 6(3)

F9Words in Art. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(3A)(b) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 30(3)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10Words in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(3A)(c) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 30(3)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 3U.K.

[F41.Where equivalent seed is ‘relabelled and refastened’ in [F11Great Britain], within the meaning of OECD Schemes for the Varietal Certification of Seed moving in International Trade, the provisions of [F12the Seeds Marketing Regulations] concerning the reclosing of packages produced in [F13England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be,] shall apply by analogy.

F14...]

2.Where relabelling and refastening in [F15Great Britain] of equivalent seed is necessary, [F16labels shall be used stating F17... “GB rules and standards” only]:

(a)if seeds produced in [F18Great Britain] and seeds of the same variety and category produced in [F19countries listed in Annex 1] are blended in order to improve the germination capacity, provided that: